A really informative and interesting analysis. Challenges facing Nigerian civil society in this context are also experienced, if to a lesser extent, by Northern civil society, such as in my own country the UK, and  even at global level. Civil society is too often expected to act as a watchdog when governments themselves should be monitoring and enforcing legal compliance and implementing transparency and accountability measures towards their citizens. Short-sighted companies often appear to prefer weak and under-resourced governments to effective and well-resourced ones, which leaves economic activity open to abuse.