kalo-kalo
n.— «So the Buhari that is likely to register in the minds of many Nigerians today, depending on where you belong and from where you are looking at him, is…the man who attempted to liberate the Nigerian economy from the clutches of corruption and its kalo-kalo fiscal idiosyncrasy.» —“Buhari’s Polemical Marksmanship” by Mike Ikhariale Niger Delta Congress (Nigeria) Aug., 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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