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    Obaasanjo’s warning to civil servants on Monday was equally clear: opening a seminar for permanent secretaries in Abuja, he told the public servants that those among them who were engaged in private business should “change or get out”, ‘The Guardian’ reported. “We want a civil service that can compare with others anywhere in the world,” he said.

    The seminar, coordinated by the former UN Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Adebayo Adedeji, was designed to restore discipline, efficiency and pride to the badly tarnished service, Radio Nigeria reported.

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