Up Nepa


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NEPA is a play that encapsulates the mind of Oluyanju a lead character in the play. He is so disturbed about the problem of power outages in his country. Even his happiness, consequent upon a granted visa, was short-lived when in the middle of a toast to his success, electricity ceases. This leaves him boiling with anger from within wondering why this act should persist in his country at this time and age. The country has everything practically required to make electricity function maximally but where they get it all wrong in spite of the availability of all variables beats him hollow. The food morsel he eats, enters his wind pipe and he goes into coma. He lives another life, re-lives his aspirations as regards NEPA.




Nigeria


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Reforming the Unreformable


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A report on development economics in action, by a crucial player in Nigeria's recent reforms. Corrupt, mismanaged, and seemingly hopeless: that's how the international community viewed Nigeria in the early 2000s. Then Nigeria implemented a sweeping set of economic and political changes and began to reform the unreformable. This book tells the story of how a dedicated and politically committed team of reformers set out to fix a series of broken institutions, and in the process repositioned Nigeria's economy in ways that helped create a more diversified springboard for steadier long-term growth. The author, Harvard- and MIT-trained economist Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, currently Nigeria's Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance and formerly Managing Director of the World Bank, played a crucial part in her country's economic reforms. In Nigeria's Debt Management Office, and later as Minister of Finance, she spearheaded negotiations with the Paris Club that led to the wiping out of $30 billion of Nigeria's external debt, 60 percent of which was outright cancellation. Reforming the Unreformable offers an insider's view of those debt negotiations; it also details the fight against corruption and the struggle to implement a series of macroeconomic and structural reforms. This story of development economics in action, written from the front lines of economic reform in Africa, offers a unique perspective on the complex and uncertain global economic environment.




Tearless: A Novel


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TEARLESS is a deeply compelling portrait of twenty-four-year-old Lami’s self-discovery and emotional coming-of-age. It is also a passionate and unflinching tale of interracial love. It weaves together two narrative threads that tend to themes of love, loss, fatherlessness and identity with grace and confidence. TEARLESS follows the journey of Lami Davies who struggles to reunite her separated siblings and rise above her trauma. Lami is obsessed with finding her little sister whom she lost touch with at the age of twelve after her mother's passing. Her abusive father, in a heart-wrenching act, separated the children, placing them in the care of different relatives. The youngest, Tutu, was sent to live with a distant aunt in England. In her quest to reunite her family, we see how Lami's childhood experiences influence her interactions as an adult. Her story will offer hope to all readers who are battling to let go of past trauma in order to prevent it from spilling into the present and the future.




Environment in the Balance


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Does the green movement remain a transformative force in American life? In Environment in the Balance Jonathan Cannon interprets a wide range of U.S. Supreme Court decisions over four decades and explores the current ferment among activists, to gauge the practical and cultural impact of environmentalism and its future prospects.




From the Ground Up


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Cole (director, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation's Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment) and Foster (law, Rutgers University) examine the movement for environmental justice in the United States. Tracing the movement's roots and illustrating the historical and contemporary causes of environmental racism, they combine their analysis with a narrative account of struggles from around the country--including those in Kettleman City, California, Chester, Pennsylvania, and Dilkon, Arizona. In so doing, they consider the transformative effects this movement has had on individuals, communities, and environmental policy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR




Every Household Its Own Government


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Empty pipes and H2O entrepreneurs: boreholes, cart pushers, and "pure water" -- Problem has changed name": electric power and consumer citizenship -- Okadas and danfos: "public transportation" in Nigeria -- "Be what you want to be": cell phones and social inequality -- "They don't know what i have not taught them": the privatization of public schooling -- "Sleeping with one eye open": infrastructural insecurity.




Signal and Noise


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DIVExamines the role of media technologies in shaping urban Africa through an ethnographic study of popular culture in northern Nigeria./div




EBOOK: Auditing and Assurance Services


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Auditing & Assurance Services, First South African Edition, combines a genuine international perspective with South African examples and coverage of the landmark changes within the South African auditing environment. Key features include: South African content - The authors weave regionally specific content and examples throughout the text and cover the changes to the regulatory and corporate governance environment in South Africa. International perspective - Professional practice and regulation all over the world is driven by international events and initiatives. The clarified ISAs are fully integrated into the chapters with international real-world cases used to illustrate concepts and application. Systematic approach - The text gives students a deep understanding and working knowledge of fundamental auditing concepts and how they are applied. The core foundation of the text and its focus on critical judgements and decision-making processes prepare students for today’s complex and dynamic audit environment. Student engagement - A student-friendly writing style and a variety of real-life examples make the text easily accessible. Each chapter ends with a comprehensive variety of materials to apply and test students’ understanding of acquired knowledge.




Palm of the Rainforest


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I know who I am Kelvin seemed desperate to win his father’s approval. However, Mr Eze not only seemed unwilling to bestow it, but hell bent in making life unbearable for his acclaimed son. Kelvin thought it would be best to find his true family rather than endure the torture of being the unwanted child. He realised that his quest for recognition was unlikely to succeed, so he set his eyes on freedom. In the meantime, Kelvin expected that a good academic performance would change his luck and put him right with Mr Eze or at least boost his confidence in his abilities. With all his attention on his studies, competing for the best grades against the leading brains in his class, especially Christian, an indomitable rival, he would not let school romance get in the way fo his goal. But slowly and steadily, Chioma, gained his trust and won him over. He would have to make a decision between holding on to his moral principle or satisfying his human desire for friendship. New Home, New Identity Marginalised and decimated, the Biafran people were forced to go to war and secede from Nigeria. But decades after losing the war and embracing the Nigerian identity, they are still not treated as equal citizens in their home country. As a new wave of terrorism sweeps the northern parts of the country, the Biafran people, predominantly Igbo are again decimated as they have been for decades in every crises and this led to renewed discussions about their independence. For Biafra, the fight for equality was over and their Sovereignty was not negotiable. For Kelvin, it wasn’t very different, and so his quest for truth and independence must begin. His compulsory holiday in Igbo land would expose him to the truth that might have indirectly caused him to abandon his academic pursuit. Perhaps, it was just an excuse to free himself from the clutch of Mr Eze and begin his quest for the truth about his identity.