The Nigerian state is grappling with several forms of corruption which turned ubiquitous and perh... more The Nigerian state is grappling with several forms of corruption which turned ubiquitous and perhaps a national malady yet to be contained. Corruption is believed to be the biggest metaphor for Nigeria’s underdevelopment because it impedes good governance and development in almost every sector of human endeavors. Nevertheless, successive military and civilian regimes including the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and his party the All Progressive Congress (APC) who took over power in 2015, introduced some specific policy measures such as the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption (PACC), Whistle Blowing Policy (WBP) among others in order to strengthen and reinvigorate the fight against corruption in line with the promises he made to Nigerians during his presidential inauguration. With the emergence of whistle blowing policy as an additional tool for fighting corruption in Nigeria, the paper seeks to explore from public policy perspectives the merits and demerits o...
African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, 2018
In recent years, conflict between farmers and pastoralists has been one among the frontline threa... more In recent years, conflict between farmers and pastoralists has been one among the frontline threats to sustainable peace and development in Nigeria. More worrisome is the incessant upsurge of these violent conflicts with group solidarity. The existence of these conflicts is not in dispute, but continues climax of group solidarity, has added an impetus to the complexities and veracity of these conflict involving larger farming and pastoral communities. This paper argues that, though, group-solidarity is a reminiscent of longstanding socio-cultural ties as well as a source of collective action and unity of purpose that binds people in most societies, it eventually turned into a formidable means for launching offensive or defensive against possible threats or violent attacks as the case with Fulani pastoralists and farmers in Northern Nigeria. The paper concludes that the use of group-solidarity by both pastoralists and farmers contributed in deepening the conflict into a wider dimension beyond individual pastoralist-farmer conflict to a communal conflict. The study explored content analysis of the existing literatures and unstructured focus group discussion with some farmers and pastoralists in the study area.
The violent phenomenon of contemporary cattle rustling has in recent times constitute a menace wh... more The violent phenomenon of contemporary cattle rustling has in recent times constitute a menace which unabatedly continued to threaten peace and development among rural communities around the Lake Chad Basin and Northern Nigeria in general. More worrisome is the trends and dynamics of extant transformation of rustling from its tradition form to violence accentuated by militarized weapons, ruthless brutality and deadly crime and criminality. With the recent involvement of “Boko Haram” armed pundits in rustling led to several losses of human lives, destruction and displacement of several rural communities, and thousands of cattle rustled. Consequently, this development is also accompanied by security threats and anxiety among the inhabitants of the Basin. However, the primary focus of this paper is to provide an insight into the root causes, trends and dynamics of contemporary rustling and its implications on peace and development. The paper conclude that rustling in its current violen...
Since the emergence of globalisation as the new world order in the 21 st century, revolution in s... more Since the emergence of globalisation as the new world order in the 21 st century, revolution in social, economic, political and technological development became not only necessary but inevitable. However, education remain the driving force through which globalization can thrive. Against this backdrop, developing countries such as Nigeria and Malaysia were left with no option than to introduce lifelong learning as an appendage to the full time school system to facilitate reduction in illiteracy level and mitigate effects of globalization. In Malaysia, so much human and material resources have been channelled (especially with the establishment Open Distance Learning (ODL) to fast track the program keeps moving. In Nigeria unlike Malaysia, the establishment of lifelong centres popularly called Distance Learning Centres (DLS) and the subsequent introduction of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) was besieged by population growth, high demand for education in the mist of underfunding, poverty, instability and conflict. To overcome this malaise, developing countries as nation states must redefine its policies on education, increase budgetary expenditures, reduce poverty and institutionalize democracy and good governance in order to suit and be suitable to the globalized world. To arrive at the above conclusion, the study relied on content analysis of secondary sourced materials mainly from journals and text books.
Since the emergence of environmental resource conflict on the international political discourse i... more Since the emergence of environmental resource conflict on the international political discourse in the early 1980s, there has been growing concern that, resource conflicts in developing countries is likely to exacerbate conflicts originating in strenuous struggles over scarce resources due to population increase. The apparent manifestation of conflicts in the oil rich Niger Delta region in Southern Nigeria and Farmer-herder conflicts in Northern Nigeria to the lingering forest logging controversy in Malaysia is an upsurge of the coming resource "crisis" in these countries. The focus of this paper is to discuss issues on management of resource conflicts in developing countries like Nigeria and Malaysia. The paper suggests that, there is the need for commitment from the states and all stakeholders through institutionalization of proactive conflict resolution and peace building strategies, instead of resolution through the grave yards. Discussions are based on secondary data with examples from recent experiences from farmer-herder conflict, and Niger Delta crisis in Nigeria, and forest logging in Malaysia.
The Nigerian state is grappling with several forms of corruption which turned ubiquitous and perh... more The Nigerian state is grappling with several forms of corruption which turned ubiquitous and perhaps a national malady yet to be contained. Corruption is believed to be the biggest metaphor for Nigeria’s underdevelopment because it impedes good governance and development in almost every sector of human endeavors. Nevertheless, successive military and civilian regimes including the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari and his party the All Progressive Congress (APC) who took over power in 2015, introduced some specific policy measures such as the Presidential Advisory Committee on Corruption (PACC), Whistle Blowing Policy (WBP) among others in order to strengthen and reinvigorate the fight against corruption in line with the promises he made to Nigerians during his presidential inauguration. With the emergence of whistle blowing policy as an additional tool for fighting corruption in Nigeria, the paper seeks to explore from public policy perspectives the merits and demerits o...
African Journal of Political Science and International Relations, 2018
In recent years, conflict between farmers and pastoralists has been one among the frontline threa... more In recent years, conflict between farmers and pastoralists has been one among the frontline threats to sustainable peace and development in Nigeria. More worrisome is the incessant upsurge of these violent conflicts with group solidarity. The existence of these conflicts is not in dispute, but continues climax of group solidarity, has added an impetus to the complexities and veracity of these conflict involving larger farming and pastoral communities. This paper argues that, though, group-solidarity is a reminiscent of longstanding socio-cultural ties as well as a source of collective action and unity of purpose that binds people in most societies, it eventually turned into a formidable means for launching offensive or defensive against possible threats or violent attacks as the case with Fulani pastoralists and farmers in Northern Nigeria. The paper concludes that the use of group-solidarity by both pastoralists and farmers contributed in deepening the conflict into a wider dimension beyond individual pastoralist-farmer conflict to a communal conflict. The study explored content analysis of the existing literatures and unstructured focus group discussion with some farmers and pastoralists in the study area.
The violent phenomenon of contemporary cattle rustling has in recent times constitute a menace wh... more The violent phenomenon of contemporary cattle rustling has in recent times constitute a menace which unabatedly continued to threaten peace and development among rural communities around the Lake Chad Basin and Northern Nigeria in general. More worrisome is the trends and dynamics of extant transformation of rustling from its tradition form to violence accentuated by militarized weapons, ruthless brutality and deadly crime and criminality. With the recent involvement of “Boko Haram” armed pundits in rustling led to several losses of human lives, destruction and displacement of several rural communities, and thousands of cattle rustled. Consequently, this development is also accompanied by security threats and anxiety among the inhabitants of the Basin. However, the primary focus of this paper is to provide an insight into the root causes, trends and dynamics of contemporary rustling and its implications on peace and development. The paper conclude that rustling in its current violen...
Since the emergence of globalisation as the new world order in the 21 st century, revolution in s... more Since the emergence of globalisation as the new world order in the 21 st century, revolution in social, economic, political and technological development became not only necessary but inevitable. However, education remain the driving force through which globalization can thrive. Against this backdrop, developing countries such as Nigeria and Malaysia were left with no option than to introduce lifelong learning as an appendage to the full time school system to facilitate reduction in illiteracy level and mitigate effects of globalization. In Malaysia, so much human and material resources have been channelled (especially with the establishment Open Distance Learning (ODL) to fast track the program keeps moving. In Nigeria unlike Malaysia, the establishment of lifelong centres popularly called Distance Learning Centres (DLS) and the subsequent introduction of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) was besieged by population growth, high demand for education in the mist of underfunding, poverty, instability and conflict. To overcome this malaise, developing countries as nation states must redefine its policies on education, increase budgetary expenditures, reduce poverty and institutionalize democracy and good governance in order to suit and be suitable to the globalized world. To arrive at the above conclusion, the study relied on content analysis of secondary sourced materials mainly from journals and text books.
Since the emergence of environmental resource conflict on the international political discourse i... more Since the emergence of environmental resource conflict on the international political discourse in the early 1980s, there has been growing concern that, resource conflicts in developing countries is likely to exacerbate conflicts originating in strenuous struggles over scarce resources due to population increase. The apparent manifestation of conflicts in the oil rich Niger Delta region in Southern Nigeria and Farmer-herder conflicts in Northern Nigeria to the lingering forest logging controversy in Malaysia is an upsurge of the coming resource "crisis" in these countries. The focus of this paper is to discuss issues on management of resource conflicts in developing countries like Nigeria and Malaysia. The paper suggests that, there is the need for commitment from the states and all stakeholders through institutionalization of proactive conflict resolution and peace building strategies, instead of resolution through the grave yards. Discussions are based on secondary data with examples from recent experiences from farmer-herder conflict, and Niger Delta crisis in Nigeria, and forest logging in Malaysia.
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