▁S low ▁patron age ▁from ▁government ▁As ▁soon ▁as ▁production ▁began , ▁demand ▁for ▁vehicles ▁and ▁tr uck s ▁was ▁heavily ▁influenced ▁by ▁government ▁sp ending . ▁During ▁a ▁budget ary ▁period ▁when ▁the ▁government ▁did ▁not ▁patron ize ▁the ▁manufact ur ers , ▁production ▁plans ▁were ▁going ▁to ▁be ▁neg atively ▁affected . ▁The ▁worst ▁affected ▁by ▁government ▁incons ist ency ▁and ▁drop ▁in ▁oil ▁prices ▁were ▁the ▁commercial ▁vehicle ▁plants . ▁While ▁market ▁demand ▁was ▁ 3 6 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 7 ▁by ▁ 1 9 8 1 ▁it ▁had ▁decl ined ▁to ▁ 1 4 , 4 4 0 . ▁Ley land ' s ▁production ▁was ▁greatly ▁influenced ▁by ▁government ▁sp ending . ▁Each ▁year , ▁the ▁company ▁followed ▁the ▁exp end iture ▁plans ▁of ▁Niger ian ▁custom s , ▁police ▁and ▁its ▁military ▁to ▁create ▁a ▁demand ▁influenced ▁production ▁plan . ▁It ▁also ▁dep ended ▁on ▁Ley land ▁of ▁U . K . ▁for ▁bits ▁and ▁pieces ▁for ▁production . ▁However , ▁in ▁some ▁cases , ▁government ▁ag encies ▁began ▁importing ▁their ▁own ▁v ans , ▁this ▁made ▁Ley land ▁scale ▁down ▁its ▁operations , ▁and ▁finally ▁the ▁manufact urer ▁stopped ▁sending ▁bits ▁and ▁pieces ▁when ▁production ▁was ▁scale d ▁down ▁and ▁government ▁officials ▁came ▁abroad ▁to ▁negoti ate ▁purchase ▁in ▁Ley land ▁U . K . ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁local ▁manufact urer . ▁▁ 2 0 1 0 s ▁Since ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁dem ocr atic ▁govern ance ▁in ▁ 1 9