Conversation with a friend on NNPC commercialisation, by Bashir Mahmoud Baffa Ahmad: they said the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) was commercialised not privatized as being speculated in some quarters. What does that mean? I: It means that the government did not divest its interest or transfer its stake and control of the company, ie the company still remains the government's own. Ahmad: What is the difference between what it was and what is now since it still remains the government's property? I: The difference lies in the mode of operation or rather...