"The current policy has a real risk of being counterproductive with alienation being fermented as a result," MCB assistant secretary general Miqdaad Versi told the Guardian.
Last year the president, Goodluck Jonathan, declared a state of emergency in three north-eastern states, but critics say the official response has been counterproductive, with extrajudicial killings and the torture of suspected Boko Haram members acting as a recruiting sergeant for the group.
However, the efficacies of many of the current BAT-listed options are modest, difficult to regulate and in some cases they may even be counterproductive with respect to other objectives ie pollution swapping.
Supplementary information on the organic production methods, in addition to the mandatory labelling requirements, increased the preferences of professionals and wine tourists, and was counterproductive with the general tourists.
The cordon sanitaire turned out to be counterproductive with the Centre Democrats winning 77 seats in the 1994 local elections and gaining representation in almost every city where it fielded a candidate.
Abstracting from the emotional predilection of the ideologues on the issues, the above prescription would be counterproductive with respect to deficit and debt because if the economy turn into a depression, government revenues would shrink causing a rise in deficit/debt.
Forcing young adults to take a test they will likely fail, when they already confront tremendous barriers in entering the workforce, is counterproductive and interferes with efforts to improve their skills and get a good job.
Cole in 2000, told me she believes that much of the security American diplomats are forced to travel with is counterproductive.
As I argue in my book People Management (Palgrave Macmillan, 2013), giving people more work than they can cope with is counterproductive.
It is not easy and it is counterproductive to spend time with them when you are not at your best and most self controlled.
