Where Ideas go to Die

Salisu Suleiman writes:

A brief excursion into the mindset of the Nigerian civil servant and the workings of public sector organizations would explain why the proposals are hardly replied to, or even acknowledged. It may also explain why those beautifully packaged, articulate and detailed proposals never left somebody’s desk, or how it ended up as wrapping for someone’s groundnut or suya. If you follow the journey of a file through the treacherous jungle of the civil service, you’d know why the sector is so resistant to change and new ideas.