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How Civil Society Helped Block Secret Plot By Lagos Govt., World Bank To Privati by idris93(m): 11:38am On Feb 19, 2015
The announcement sent a collective sigh of relief to the water corporation staff and civil society activists. After months of negotiation on how to privatize the water supply in Lagos, between the World Bank and the Lagos Water Corporation, the bank has called off the talks.
But before the bank’s decision, activists and civil servants had mounted pressure on the water company against such a move, which they said would raise the cost of having access to water beyond the reach of ordinary Lagosians.
The Corporation’s staff, who stood to lose their jobs, went a step further to threaten to do “everything to frustrate” the move.
Last month, the World Bank issued a statement announcing a breakdown in talks between its International Finance Corporation and the Lagos Water Corporation.
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Re: How Civil Society Helped Block Secret Plot By Lagos Govt., World Bank To Privati by utytill(m): 2:28pm On Feb 19, 2015
Because they know tin*bu will register a new company to take care of that,not al* beta dis time.

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