Nigeria, May 17 -- Auwal Musa Rafsanjani is a Nigerian civil rights activist and the Executive Director of the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC). On the sidelines of the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington, he spoke to PREMIUM TIMES' Business Editor, Oladeinde Olawoyin, and other journalists about the need for transparency in the management of the proceeds of subsidy removal in Nigeria, tax reforms, and contribution of civic actors at the IMF/World Bank meetings.

Question: At the World Bank/IMF meetings, there have been discussions on policies affecting various countries of the world. In the case of Nigeria, what can you say is the take-home from here?

Rafsanjani: So, there are a number of issues raised here at the IM...