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Tight fiscal leash awaits winner of Nigeria presidential election

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde with Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari in Abuja, Nigeria, January 5, 2016 REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

For Nneka Ekpenisi, a physics teacher in Nigeria’s southern Delta state, remaining committed to the country’s public education system can be difficult, especially as skilled professionals continue to leave the country in high numbers.

It does not help that teachers earn meagre salaries, sometimes as low as 30,000 ($65) naira monthly.

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