ABIDJAN (Reuters) – Poor punctuality is such a brake on Ivory Coast’s economic development that the West African country has come up with a novel way to combat tardiness: win a house if you demonstrate you can turn up on time.
Backed by President Laurent Gbagbo and devised by a local public relations firm, “Punctuality Night” kicked off at eight o’clock sharp Saturday night, rewarding business people and civil servants for exceptional timekeeping.
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