Self-service for Nigerian senators
HOW many senators does it take to screw in a light bulb, ask the jokers in Abuja? Nine, is the answer: one to forward a contract to the Senate light-bulb committee, another to pay off the committee chairman, a third to collect advance fees, a fourth to “settle” other contractors, and five more to do the whole thing again.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Self-service for Nigerian senators”
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