Africa\u27s Debt Crisis: Perspectives on Nigeria\u27s Escape from External Debt Trap

In sharp contrast with the image of an oil-rich country, Nigeria is paradoxically a heavily indebted poor country. While the country\u27s oil production reached 2.5 million barrels per day in 2004, its total external debt stock at the end of 2004 was estimated at $35.9 billion. The debt crisis has been aggravated by the burden of debt servicing, which has absorbed the nation\u27s budgetary and foreign exchange resources with deleterious impact on the critical sectors of the economy. The paper critically examines Nigeria\u27s external debt profile and efforts toward its alleviation. It argues that the debt burden constitutes a major constraint to the revitalization of the nation\u27s economy, and that its alleviation is imperative for sustainable growth and development

A Democratic Developmental State in post-authoritarian Nigeria? Issues and prospects

This article, deploying data from documentary sources,examines issues in Nigeria’s democratization project and the prospect of a Democratic Developmental State (DDS) in post-authoritarian Nigeria. Drawing from the radical theory of the state, it notes that an autonomous state is pivotal to a successful DDS in the global South. In the light of this and based on the review of Nigeria’s development and democratization history, the article argues and concludes that, given the non-autonomous character of the Nigerian state and the politics that it engenders, the prospects of a DDS in Nigeria in the nearest future are rather slim

South Africa\'s Transition to Multi-Racial Democracy: Perspectives on the Past and the Challenges of Democratic Consolidation

No Abstract Available Lagos Historical Review Vol.2 2002: 37-6

It Is Not Yet ‘Uhuru’: Overcoming the Challenges of Citizenship and Nationality Questions in Post-Separation Sudan and South Sudan

This paper focuses on the nationality and citizenship crisis in post-separation Sudan.The paper argues that the unresolved issues in the agreement, especially the issue of nationality and citizenship are serious threats to the stability of the new state of South Sudan.Both North Sudan and South Sudan have demonstrated a lack of political will to resolve the nationality and citizenship problem.This explains why they were not able to adopt a common legal framework that will help to address the age-long problem instead of each adopting new nationality laws. The paper adopts the historical and institutional-legalistic approach in the discourse to situate the problem. It argues therefore, that the citizenship problem will continue in a system that is stratified along ethnic/racial and religious lines as epitomized in Sudan.We conclude that it is the resolution of outstanding issues of nationality and citizenship question that will help to sharpen the pattern of state-ethnic relations in the separated countries of north and south Sudan.With independence granted to Southern Sudan, the crisis of citizenship remains both in the north and the south