ABSTRACT Often privatisation is perceived as a magic wand that would eliminate the ineffectiveness in service provisioning. But usually, this does not happen, especially in most economically, politically, and administratively weak countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The objective of this study is to interrogate the policy options towards managing post-privatisation challenges. Using historical data sourced from official documents, media clips, extant literature and other documentary sources, the paper examines the post-privatisation collaboration efforts of the Nigerian government to ensure the success of the privatisation of the electricity infrastructure. The author argues that privatisation should not be seen as a one-off conclusive activity in which the government divests from a privatised entity and at best merely regulates, but rather should be perceived as a continuous process of collaboration with the private sector through interventionist role of the government to improve and sustain service delivery to the citizens.

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管理私有化后的挑战：对尼日利亚电力部门的回顾

摘要 通常，私有化被视为可以消除服务提供效率低下的魔杖。但通常情况下，这种情况不会发生，尤其是在撒哈拉以南非洲经济、政治和行政上最薄弱的国家。本研究的目的是探讨应对私有化后挑战的政策选择。本文使用来自官方文件、媒体剪辑、现存文献和其他文献来源的历史数据，研究了尼日利亚政府在私有化后的合作努力，以确保电力基础设施私有化的成功。作者认为，私有化不应被视为政府从私有化实体中剥离，充其量只是进行监管的一次性决定性活动，