The Nigerian House of Representatives and Corruption, (1999-2011)

Corruption is one of the major problems contending with the Nigerian socio-political and economic development. Unfortunately, this social ill seems to have defied all remedial measures put in place to curb its expansion. Anchored on elite theory, with heavy reliance on empirical and secondary data, the study examined the Nigerian House of Representative and corruption with a particular focus on 1999-2011. The study found that, constitutionally, the House of Representatives as one of the legislative chambers at the federal level of the Nigerian Government has the mandate to legislate for good governance which includes curbing corruption. However, activities of this chamber over the years revealed that it is indeed an accomplice as far as corrupt practices is concerned in Nigeria. The study, therefore, recommended the need for stiffer punishment for all corrupt public officers among others

Economic Liberalization, Political Governance and Foreign Direct Inflow (FDI).

15. Oni Samuel and Joshua, Segun (2013) “” The increasing intense and fierce competition for FDI among nations resulting from the recent global economic downturn has insinuated governance reforms by many countries, especially the developing economies so as to improve their investment environment and hence FDI inflow. While empirical investigations exist on the importance of economic governance on FDI inflow, mixed empirical results and contradictory views continue to trail the relationship between political governance and FDI. With a critical examination of the indicators of political governance, this paper reveals that the more favourable the political governance of a country is, the more likely such country is able to attract investments and hence FDI. Public institutional reform, such that will guarantee effectiveness, efficiency and transparency is therefore advocated

Politics, Violence and Culture: The Ebira Tao Nigeria Experience.

Over the years Ekuechi (masquerade) Festival of the Ebira people of Nigeria has drawn undue attention because of violence that often characterized its celebration. This paper examines politics, violence and culture using Ebira Tao as a focus of study. The paper finds that politicians in the course of contesting for political offices often manipulate clannish sentiment and masquerade festival (one aspect of Ebira culture) for their political advantage which often results in violence. This is often exacerbated because the idea of obtaining permit with a guarantor before a masquerade can perform has been discarded. The paper argues that government’s threat or imposition of outright ban on the festival as a means of curbing cultural violence is superficial and concludes therefore that there is need to cut down on privileges concomitant with political offices which often made competition for such offices violent-ridden as well as addressing youth unemployment