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P&ID Scandal Exposes Shell Companies and Bribes in Nigerian Contracts
Original: When Shell Companies, Bribes and Billion-Dollar Fantasies Meet Nigerian Bureaucracy: Lessons from P&ID (and a Cheer for
A commentary by Lawson Akhigbe examines the Process and Industrial Developments (P&ID) affair, in which a shell company won a multi-billion-dollar arbitration award against Nigeria through a gas contract that was never fulfilled, amid findings of bribery and procurement failures. The piece draws lessons about weak contract oversight in Nigerian bureaucracy and contrasts the case with the Mambilla hydropower project, which the author views more favourably.
Why now: Ongoing scrutiny of corruption and flawed mega-contracts in Nigerian public procurement keeps the P&ID case relevant.
P&IDNigeriaLawson AkhigbeMambilla hydropower project
Evidence
- When Shell Companies, Bribes and Billion-Dollar Fantasies Meet Nigerian Bureaucracy: Lessons from P&ID (and a Cheer for Mambilla) by Lawson Akhigbe In the grand theatre of Nigerian public life, where contracts are signed with the solemnity of wedding vows and then abandoned… · lawakhigbe.com@lawakhigbe.com · 2
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