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"Venice of Africa II" The story of Makoko part 2 Back in the 18th century , Makoko used to be a small fishing village before it grew into the sprawling one-square-kilometre urban settlement. There are no official census records, but estimates suggest the population totals 150,000 souls. Many of Makoko's inhabitants are from neighbouring Benin and Togo - most have lived here for decades. An average of eight people live in each house, and sustain themselves on fishing or collecting wood from the lagoon.

Title: Behind the Scenes I believe in politics, behind every corrupt practice, there is an unseen scene.. behind every bribe, there is an unseen scene... The scenes of a selfish act.. In the above scene, MONEY seems POWER, SELF INTEREST overrides INTEREST OF THE COMMON GOOD, where integrity is compromised. Here is a scenario - VOTE BUYING The despicable practice of vote buying in which voters cunningly allows party agents to know which parties they voted for is so rampant such that the outcome of the entire process does not necessarily reflect the true genuine democratic choices of the people. Indeed, the level of electoral manipulation is so brazen, the desperation to win so palpable, that voters go behind voting venues, in some cases to buildings outside the voting area, to collect bribe from party agents. Also, there are usually sporadic shootings, ballot box snatching, driving away of some party agents, together with oppression, intimidation, and undue influence on voters while v

Title: "The Sync Factor" Medium: Graphite pencils and charcoal pencils on paper Partnership involves two or more individuals, investors, shareholders, or suppliers who agreed to share the responsibilities, gains, funding and liability of a business. Most Nigeria business men and women are having hard times creating collaborative engagements that can strengthen the future of their businesses. Why? This is because most business partnerships are negotiated through third-party involvements, legal business structuring and formatted partnership agreements that entrepreneurs ordinarily find difficult to understand and implement. Having and working with investment partners that will not take advantage of you and your business can go a long way to boost the business, minimize cost and procedures..