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Overview Of The Quarterly Report Of The Nigerian Ministry Of Industry, Trade & Investment, Olabisi Akinkugbe
Overview Of The Quarterly Report Of The Nigerian Ministry Of Industry, Trade & Investment, Olabisi Akinkugbe
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The present report entitled “Special Economic Zones: Emerging Frontiers for Industrial Growth” covers the period of January – March 2019. The Report is divided into sections that provide important updates on the current steps being taken by the Federal Ministry of Industry, Trade & Investment (FMITI) and the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) in thematic areas that include: trade and trade policy, SMEs, investment, industry, the African Continental Free Trade Area Agreement (AfCFTA) and general news update.
To Recognize Or Not? Good Faith Under Nigerian Law Of Contract, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
To Recognize Or Not? Good Faith Under Nigerian Law Of Contract, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
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Unlike jurisdictions such as Canada and the United Kingdom, Nigerian courts have not engaged with the doctrine of good faith. Similarly, there is a dearth of academic scholarship that examines this aspect of the Nigerian law of contract. In this paper, I examine how the Nigerian courts have operationalized the common law of good faith in the performance of contracts. Rather than suggest that good faith as “an organizing principle” has an internally consistent meaning by which we can transplant the doctrine from one jurisdiction to another, or even apply the so-called duty of honest performance as enunciated by the …