READINGS ON PRIVATIZATION

Eze Onyekpere (ed.):
Readings on Privatisation
Lagos: Socio-Economic Rights, December 2003.
ISBN 978-34830-4-8. (vii+140 pp.)
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From the Foreword: "Public enterprises in Nigeria have been known to be sources of great waste, corruption and generally have underperformed in relation to tax payers' investments in them. But how do we proceed? Do we distinguish between public enterprises in critically essential sectors like water, electricity, health, education, etc. and treat them separately from hotels, casinos, banks, paper and pulp and other purely commercial enterprises? In these critical sectors, are there no alternatives to outright handing over to the private sector through privatisation?"
Readings on Privatisation is a publication of the Privatisation Observatory of Socio-Economic Rights Initiative. The Observatory seeks to provide a forum for interaction and dialogue within civil society, and between civil society and government, about the government's on-going privatisation policy. This publication contains an array of papers: from those that are uncritically supportive, to the sceptical and to papers that disagree with the entire process. This reflects the current state of debate within the broader civil society in Nigeria, from NGOs to academics to trade unionists. The aim of this book is to stimulate further debate and enquiry that will help in creating the awareness necessary for holding the privatising authorities accountable to the people.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Emeka Iheme:
The Legal Regulation of Privatisation in Nigeria

Kalu Onuoha:
The Legal Regulation of Privatisation in Nigeria - A Critique

Hon. N.C. Ughanze:
Privatisation in Nigeria: Key Issues and Principles for the National Assembly

Eze Onyekpere:
Challenges for the Privatisation Programme

Otive Igbuzor:
Privatisation in Nigeria: Critical Issues of Concern to Civil Society

Chom Bagu:
Efficient Allocation of Resources or Looting the Patrimony: A Critical Review of Privatisation in Nigeria

Amakom Uzochukwu:
Privatisation Models: A Comparative Experience

Amakom Uzochukwu & Oguijioba Kanayo:
Privatisation and Globalisation: Options for Sub-Saharan Africa

Saudatu Mahdi:
Gender and the Privatisation Programme in Nigeria

Bola Akanji:
Gender and Privatisation in Nigeria: Conceptual Linkages and Pertinent Concerns

Emeka Anaeto:
Privatisation: What Role For The Media?

Augustin Uganwa:
Privatisation: What Role For The Media?

Appendix:
- The SERI Privatization Observatory Capacity Building Workshop.
- Keynote Address by the Special Assistant to the President on the Bureau of Public Enterprises, Rev. Sunday N. Onuoha
- The Enabling Legislation

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