Abstract
Between 6 July 1967 and 15 January 1970, Nigerians fought a bitter Civil War. The economic and social life in the main theatres of war was totally disarticulated. Damage to physical assets and the infrastructure of the economy was considerable. With the end of the war came the need for urgent reconstruction and rehabilitation of the Federal and States' economy. This need led to the establishment of five different Four-year (1970–1974) Reconstruction and Development Plans. These were: the Second National Development Plan; East-Central State Programme of Post-war Reconstruction; Mid-Western State Development Plan; Rivers State Development Plan; and the South-Eastern State Development Plan. Essentialy, the objectives and priorities of these Plans were similar. The aim of this paper is to review these post-war rehabilitation, resettlement and reconstruction programmes as expressed in the various Development Plans for the period 1970–1974. An attempt will be made to determine the degree of success achieved in programme implementation and the extent to which people were considered as the central focus of the reconstruction efforts.
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