Good Governance at the end of a phone line?

Nigeria has more phones than people. They both connect and signify difference. Recently, politicians have posted their phone numbers online in populist demonstrations of 24-hour easy-access accountability. But in the context of social inequality and government secrecy, such moves also arouse suspicion: who has access to the Governor’s ‘real’ number? 

This photograph is of a mobile phone repair shop in the old centre of Ibadan, taken in 2015.

The photo was part of the LSE Research Festival 2016.