17 research outputs found
Democracy and Development: A Case of the Obasanjo's Administration (1999-2007)
The essence of democratic government is for
the political and social development of the
state. Therefore, this paper examines the
impact of democracy on national development
during Obasanjo's administration, as well as
investigates whether democracy has actually
impacted on the development of the Nigerian
state during the civilian rule of the retired
General Olusegun Obasanjo. We shall make
use of secondary data and the descriptive
method shall be the approach data analysis
Millennium Development Goals and the Universal Primary Education in Nigeria (A Case Study oflbadan North Local Government, Oyo State)
Tile irqlortance and linkage of education to the development of any society is well kno"vn It is in recognition of
this irqlortance that the international comm.nUty and goveftlil'Ents all over tre world have rmde corrmitrrents
:fur citizens to have access to education while also irqlroving on the quality of education Hence, this study
:fucuses on education, part:icularly achieving Universal Primary Education under the auspices of the Millennium
De-v-eloprrent Goals in Nigeria with Oyo State as the case study. Tile data requi-ed for this study were gathered
through the use of iru;trumerts of questionnaires. 1be study revealed :fuctors affecting qualitativ-e education
which include inadequate funding, inexperienced and lackluster teachers coupled with norrrrentally stinulating
teaching trethods. Based on the findings, the study recomrrended the following (a) thorough trainings of
teachers through workshops and seminars (b) the state government should :involve IIDre privileged individuals
through its 'Adopt a Schoof program(c) the syllabus shouJd be rmdified to acconn:rndate the developtrent and
the acquisition of relevant skills (d) schools should be effectively and frequently rmnitored by the necessary
body (e) rreasu-es should be taken to discourage students from ha\>vking on the streets after schools hours. this
however should be replaced by taking after school lessons. 1bese recornnendations are expected to irqlrove the
decaying educational standards in Nigeria
Market of Transport Services and Millenium Development Coals; The Case of Keke Napep Initiatives in Lagos, Nigeria
This study examined the role of marketing of transport services in the realization of a
millennium development goal; poverty alleviation. KEKE-NAPEP initiative was one of the poverty
eradication programmes in Lagos state, Nigeria. The study examined the significance of the
relationship between the initiative and (1) poverty level (2) standard of living and (3) level of
unemployment The study employed survey research and purposive sampling technique was
used to identify users of KEKE-NAPEP in Lagos State . The findings of the study revealed that
although the initiative improves the standard of living of people and has negative relationship with
level of unemployment, the initiative is not significantly related with the poverty level of the people
of Lagos state. Based on these findings, conclusion was drawn and relevant recommendations
were made. If the initiative must be successful in !;educing fi>pover!Y_, it is recommended that
marketing techniques and strategies be employed and engage
Nigeria's Foreign Relations under Olusegun Obasanjo's Civilian Administration
Foreign policy is essentially about the projection, protection. realization and
advancement of the national interest ala state. But has that been the case with Nigeria?
This paper examines Nigeria 'sforeign policy under Olusegun Obsanjo 's administration
(1999-2007). It focuses on the strength ofNigeria 'sforeign policy and what the country
was able to gain in the period under review. Primary and secondary datu, scoopedfrom
interviews, books, journals, newspapers, magazines, and internet materials were used.
Descriptive-analytical method was engaged in the discourse. Findings show that the
administration of Obasanjo used Nigeria's external relations as a pla(/orm to cancel
Nigeria 's external debt, encourage foreign investment, improve the telecommunication
sector, and also mediate in conflict areas in Africa. But it is also noted that there was
no ideal structure for foreign policy making and implementation. Therefore, it is
recommended that for Nigeria to be able to use f oreign policy for her benefit, the
structures and institutions responsible for foreign policy making and implementation
must be strengthened and fertilized to grow, which is largely made possible when
structures and institutions are manned by skilled or knowledgeable personnel
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF OLUSEGUN OBASANJO’S FOREIGN POLICY UNDER MILITARY AND CIVILIAN ADMINISTRATION
The study examines Nigeria’s foreign policy under Olusegun Obasanjo’s military and civilian administration. The work focuses on a single person under different political templates namely, military and civil rule. Olusegun Obasanjo happened to have governed Nigeria both as a military Head of State and a civilian President. Therefore, this work interrogates in comparative terms, how Obasanjo’s regimes formulated and implemented Nigeria’s foreign policy as well as the internal and external environments of Nigeria’s foreign policy during these periods. Furthermore, it assesses the impact of Obasanjo’s personality on policy- making, during both his military and democratic tenures. To successfully accomplish this task, both primary and secondary data were collected. Interviews conducted with principal actors and secondary data obtained from books, journals, magazines, bulletins, newspapers and government records were analysed to achieve the objectives of the study. Among other findings, the study observed that there were totally different structures put in place for Nigeria’s foreign policy processes under Obasanjo’s military and civilian rule. It is important to note also, that the actual foreign policies formulated were dictated primarily by Obasanjo’s personality and executive leadership decisions. The internal environment also played little role in Obasanjo’s foreign policy making and implementation. However, the external environment played a significant role in the sense that Nigeria expended her resources on African causes during Obasanjo’s regimes. Obasanjo exhibited the same overbearing personality both as military and civilian leader. The study therefore recommends, among others, that strong institutions should be put in place to facilitate foreign policy making and execution, the demands of the internal environment should form the basis of foreign policy pursuit by foreign policy makers and not the other way around and that while the personality of a leader will have an impact on the nation’s external relations, there should be standard operational procedures in foreign policy making and execution that would strengthen institutions and limit personalities
RECONCILING THE TWO WEST AFRICAS: MANAGING ETHNIC AND LINGUAL DIVERSITY FOR REGIONAL INTEGRATION
In international politics, language is core in inter-state trust and relationship,
and the West African region (or sub-region), which is multi-ethnic, culturally
plural and bi- or multilingual in imported languages, may never evolve an integrated
region if the diversity is not converted from source of disconnections to
source of connections. At best, West Africans have regarded themselves as precolonial
kinsmen but post-colonial strangers as a result of the factor of language
barriers created in the years of colonial rule. The Yoruba, Ewe, Ashante,
Mende, Temne and many more had similarities of languages and cultures and
led a regular life of communal conflict and cooperation until the arrival of the
French, English, Portuguese and Germans, who established sharp misunderstandings
and divisions along the lines of European lingua franca. From a participation-
observation experience and perspective, and having consulted literature
and government records on futile integration efforts, the study, adopting a
functionalist model for analysis, submits that the differences have led to alienation
among West Africans since independence, and ECOWAS, despite its spirited
commitment to regional integration by the protocol on free movement across
the borders, has faced brick-walls from human and social forces engendered by
language barriers. This paper looks beyond the artificial linguistic barriers
inherent in the bilingual or multilingual character of West Africa, by exploring
the richness of the linguistic diversity to advance the cause of regional integration.
The paper strongly advocates that local languages spoken across most of the West African states such as Hausa, Mandingo, Peul and Yoruba be taught
in primary and secondary schools, while ECOWAS leaders should agree on
making English, French and Portuguese compulsory in all secondary schools
and higher institutions in their respective countries. These will help demystify
and dismantle the artificial linguistic barriers created by the accident of colonialism
and make the formal and informal instruments, including ECOWAS
towards integration, more functional
Interrogating Nigeria's International Role Conceptions in an Age of Global Climate Change
Nigeria's foreign policy from independence has been proactively African. This implies that
Nigeria imposes on itself the burden of committing its resources to salvaging Africa socioeconomically
and politically. While this has come under vigorous scrutiny and sharp
criticisms because of its huge cost for national development; Nigeria's African and
international roles have tended to be a functionaNst one, which has not really changed and
been reviewed to meet new global and African challenges. In the face· of a global climate
change with Africa at the receiving end, what would be Nigeria's roles? The traditional
roles of Nigeria have been in the area of economic and financial help and combating of
regional security issues. However, the current climate 'war' appears io be more destructive
than the usual conflict, hunger and diseases: The paper scrutinizes. Nigeria's national
environmental policy and the foreign policy role conceptions, to see the content and context
of Nigeria's panacea and roles in the struggle to check global warming. Using the National
Role Conception methodological, theoretical and conceptual approaches, the paper
examines the nation's own peculiar climate problems (from the Delta to Lagos and the
Savanmih) and how it takes the local context to the global theater
Youth Crime And The Organized Attributes Of Cyber Fraud In The Modern Technological Age: A Thematic Review
This paper establishes a link between the hitherto known traditional organized crimes and modern cyber
fraud. The transnational context of fraud in the e-business environment promotes exclusive anonymity,
transactional secrecy and unprecedented vulnerabilities relatively higher in impact and far above any
documented assessment of organized crimes that preceded it. Mostly implicated in this emerging trend
considered in this criminological discourse are the youths, commonly referred to as the Net Generation.
Uniquely, these categories of people are doubly victimized. Just as they suffer acute deprivation socioeconomically,
they are also systemically made representable under the criminal justice arrangement of
most nations due to their incessant involvements in illicit activities. Finally, the paper made an advocacy
for prompt state intervention towards arresting the precarious situations impressing it upon the youths to
adopt unconventional means to attain survival
Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria: Which way Nigeria? (2008)
Poverty is an enemy of man, it humiliates and dehumanises its victim. The paper
examines poverty alleviation pol icies and programmes of government and came
to the conclusion that these policies fa iled to al leviate, instead elevated poverty
in the country. The reasons for these include corruption in government and
neglect of the target group - the poor, who were never considered during the
formulation of these po licies. The paper suggests that government should
intensify the war against corruption and carry along the target group - the poor,
in formulation of its programmes by making ' pro-poor' policies its focus as a
basis for poverty alleviation