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A Critical Perspective on the Deepening of PPPs in Nigeria and Union Response by Baba Aye [1] Introduction The past decade has witnessed reforms in the health sector, at the heart of which has been a systematic ingraining of neoliberal values, methods and thrust by the government in the framework of the national health system. The trade unions have responded to this in several ways. There have been quite some successes, won through struggle and established with creative strategies and tactics. A number of challenges do however remain.  With a focus on the phenomenon of Public Private Partnership, this brief paper would attempt to: locate the situation in the health sector within the broader context of attacks on public services; identify critical elements of the state’s offensive on the soul of public healthcare delivery; presenting trade union responses, and; discussing the challenges and potentials before trade unions in the sector. Crises and the enthrone...