In many Niger Delta zones the relatively dry soil that intervenes between the ground surface and water table is not thick and clayey enough to significantly adsorb spilled contaminants.

The truth of the matter is that those companies that are listed in the ASeM are more like moribund. They are not active in terms of releasing their results. What the alternative market is supposed to be is the stepping stone to the main market. A company that is aiming to go to the Main Board will first be listed there, and after it has demonstrated some level of competence, it will be graduated to the main market, but that is not the case in our country. If you look at it, for the last three to four years, no single company has moved from the alternative market. Rather, the companies will want to jump from the starting point to the main broad.

Prof Ango Abdullahi, a former Vice Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, is the spokesperson for the Northern Elders Forum (NEF).

In fact, the easing of the recession may not even be due to any policy or policies. The outcome of any serious policy takes time to register impact. When was the fiscal policy of government concerning the recession put in place?

Prince Ned Nwoko is an international lawyer and a former member of the House of Representatives. In this interview, the Chairman of Linas International Limited, bares his mind on the challenges of pursuing creditor-countries to refund the excess deductions creamed off Nigeria’s repayment of foreign loans and other matters.