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Proposed Changes to Nigeria's State Organization Structure
Much-needed reform of the oil and gas sector in Nigeria, Africa’s largest oil-producing state, would involve reorganizing the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), which is both a regulatory body and state-owned oil and gas company. Proposed legislation would create independent entities from a number of NNPC divisions, reassigning responsibilities for policy-making; technical matters; upstream, midstream and downstream operations; gas regulation; and research and development. But the makeover will not be easy. The Nigerian state is a vast pyramid of patronage with decisive power resting on the president’s desk in Abuja. Competition for ever-greater allocations of oil revenue has created an artificial reliance on the central government, with the NNPC serving as chief enabler. Hence, any attempt to restructure the NNPC will affect the country to its core, impacting entrenched political power bases as well as average Nigerians who are growing ever more dependent on gasoline and electricity for living a modern life.
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Zimbabwe and the Ivory Coast Example
April 30, 2011 1422 GMT
While some drawn comparisons between Zimbabwe and Ivory Coast, which recently saw the forcible remover of former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, significant differences between the two countries' situations exist.
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The Fault Line Within Iran's Political System
April 29, 2011 2103 GMT
The row between Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei over the country's intelligence czar has evolved into a serious standoff that is essentially about the built-in fault line within the country's political structure.
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