Several articles and books have been written on the Buhari/Idiagbon’s military regime. However, these articles have not directly hinged on the economic policies of the administration. It is this missing link that prompted the intervention of this study. With the use of secondary data from diverse academic disciplines, the study traces the pedigrees of the two administrators emphasizing their career. It thereafter, assesses the administration’s economic policies. The study argues that those policies were solely aimed at protecting and growing the local economy of Nigeria. The paper evaluates those policies ranging from labour force, external reserves, fiscal discipline, River Basin Authorities (RBA), and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), among others. In evaluating the aforementioned policies, their strengths and
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