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Does Privatisation Serve the Public Interest?, By Eric Teniola The privatisation programme was just an opportunity by government to allow very few individuals to buy our common wealth at give away prices. Some of these companies privatised were established through loans procured by the central government on behalf of the people of Nigeria, and it is the people of Nigeria who will have to repay the loans. Of what benefit has this privatisation programme been to the people of Nigeria and what im...

The privatisation programme was just an opportunity by government to allow very few individuals to buy our common wealth at give away prices.

Vanguard News Does privatisation serve public interests? On By Eric Teniola BETWEEN 1988 and 1993, Alhaji Hamzat Rafindandi Zayyad (1937-2002) dominated the headlines in this country. He was in the news not because he was the first chartered accountant from the old Northern Nigeria. He became an accountant in 1963. He was in the news not because he was a mentor and godfather to many public officers, especially from Northern states, including the current governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir E...

ON THE GO Resident permit: Immigration warns Nigerians against fake marriages to foreigners Muhammed Babandede, comptroller-general of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has warned Nigerians against marrying foreigners in the attempt to procure resident permits.Advertisement Speaking at a meeting with journalists in Abuja... Kaduna closes case against El-Zakzaky, asks court to convict him The Kaduna state government has asked a high court in the state to convict Ibrahim El...

Views: Visits 51 Each time an Olubadan is to be crowned, many people wondered why Ibadan people choose to have very old men as their Oba and consequently almost every 10 years, a coronation ceremony occurs. The reason is simple, in 1850, Ibadan adopts a widely unusual succession principle, which is quite different compared with other traditional Yoruba rulers in that it alternates between two lines. It usually takes decades to groom an Olubadan for the stool through stages of chieftain...