EFFECTS/CONSEQUENCES OF THE CRISIS

POSITIVE CONSEQUENCES:

  1. Kept the country united as an indivisible entity.
  2. Led to the creation of more states in the country.
  3. Led to adoption of a new constitution.
  4. Led to the introduction of a new revenue allocation formula.
  5. The war reduced the notion for secession by other ethnic groups or state in the country.

 

NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES

  1. Led to lost of lives and properties.
  2. The Nigerian Army was divided along ethnic living due to the war.
  3. The war led to abandonment of agriculture that consequently resulted to shortage of food.
  4. It depleted Nigeria’s foreign exchange reserves.

  

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