THE IMPACTS, EFFECTS AND GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO HERDSMEN-FARMERS CONFLICT ON NATIONAL INTEGRATION IN NIGERIA By Afeez Tijani Osumah Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. ABSRACT The study critically examines the impacts and effects of conflicts between the herdsmen-farmers in vulnerable communities and the exact response of government to nip the crisis in bud. However, the conflict has a negative reflection o...
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF ETHNIC PLURALISM AND POWER POLITICS IN NIGERIA By Afeez Tijani Osumah Department of Political Science, Faculty of Social Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Phone: + (234) 07065020634, E-mail: [email protected] ABSTRACT Political power is a key issue in Nigeria politics; this is because of diverse ethnic groups that composed of Nigeria as a sovereign state. These ethnic diversities in N...
Conflicts in Nigeria have resulted in countless loss of lives and property, severed relationships, reprisal attacks and rising tensions within the polity. This is evident in the brewing hostilities between the indigenes and settlers in Plateau state, the destruction of pipelines in the Niger Delta and the near-extinction of some communities in Borno state. While conflicts have both positive and negative effects, Nigeria has largely been saddled by the negative effects which results in disloc...
ABSTRACT Godfatherism is an age-old problem in the Nigerian political system, but while some see it as a problem, others believe it is a necessity or at the very least a necessary evil. The argument of those in support is based on the notion that it can serve as a very viable means to an end, where an individual who possesses the right mix of leadership skill and development ideas but lacks the financial or political grit has a chance through one Godfather or the other to get into ...
ABSTRACT The new democratic dispensation in Nigeria was launched again in 1999 leading to the emergence of the fourth republic. This came after a long time of despotic military rule in the country. Democracy was highly embraced by all with expected hope that it will deliver good dividends and socioeconomic development. But not far into the fourth republic, the body polity became overheated by lots of challenges namely: corruption, electoral abnormalities, the politics of godfatherism, i...
ABSTRACT This study is on gender dimension to political participation in Nigeria, a case study of Ogun state. The study is aim at identifying the political participation of women in Ogun state, factors hindering the development of women participation in politics, problem of women participation in politics in Ogun state and the possible strategies that can be used to enhance women’s participation in electoral politics in Ogun state. Over the years, men comprise larger percentage of party mem...
This work examines the international community and the security arrangement that put in place in order to curb the threat posed by terrorism in the globe. It explains why people use terrorism for whatever purpose and why terrorism has thrived in some part of the world, while it has seen little or no success in some. It goes further to explain that for the world to be secured and for the war against terrorism to be won, nations have to join hands in the fight against terrorism/ This work prese...
ABSTRACT The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has in recent years been a hotbed of conflict. The region has been embroiled in turmoil over the struggle for equitable resource allocation. Federal systems by their nature are complex administrative designs because they involve multiple levels of government. The Nigerian federal system is thus beset by a lot of complex challenges. One of such challenges is the seemingly implacable and intractable Niger Delta crisis arising from lopsidedness in reven...
ABSTRACT Nigerians, having been subjected to different forms of exploitation and misrule, from the mercantilist era to the present era of neoliberalism, appear justified in assessing every form of government including democracy, merely from the point of economic emancipation. Since independence in 1960, Nigeria has undergone repeated cycles of democratic and authoritarian rule, with the military governing for a total of 29 years in the post-colonial era. There was much expression of hope ...
The process of election administration in many developing democracies continues to generate a lot of controversies; particularly with regards to the level of independence of Election Management Bodies (EMBs), their professionalism and the acceptability of the elections they conduct. In Nigeria, the election administration process since the country gained political independence from the British has always resulted in controversy and crisis; arising mostly in part from the perceived collaborati...
ABSTRACT The picture of Africa particularly Nigeria, has been characterized by daunting challenges of economic underdevelopment, political instability, unemployment, poverty and diseases in the 21st century. The scenario called for the introduction of an Indigenous African Approach to problems peculiar to Africa, resulting into the formation of NEPAD with its country office in Nigeria. The study therefore sets out to examine the impact as well as the challenges of NEPAD in promoting sustaina...
Abstract Political violence and its implications on National development in Nigeria cannot be over emphasize. This is because development itself is a dependent variable that can only be seen manifest where political violence is at it barest minimal. Theoritical frameworkfor the study of this research includes; Relative deprivation/ frustration aggression theory, systemic theoryand group conflict theory. A secondary source of data was adopted for this research
ABSTRACTThe study is to assess the gender inequality and women participation in politics: 2011 General election in Nigeria, a case study of Kaduna state. The scope of the study was restricted to the 2011 general elections in Kaduna state. A total of 110 questionnaires were used, only 100 were recovered successfully. The questionnaire was analysed using statistical and frequency tables, bar chart and pie chart. The objective of the research also (a) assesses the nature of women participation i...
ABSTRACT The quality, efficiency and successes as well as effective productivity in any government parastatal is being determined by the quality of the workforce. In relations to this, a qualitative and effective productivity are being determined by the procedures in recruitment and selections of such workforce. If this be true, which it undoubtedly is, then this research is an analysis of employment procedure and its effects on productivity using the NBTE as a case study. As a federal govern...
ABSTRACT This paper discusses the doctrine of separation of powers in a democratic dispensation. The paper argues that if rights, liberties and freedom of citizens are to be maintained and guaranteed in any society under democratic rule, then the three organs of government must be separated and entrusted to different people to administer. In a democratic dispensation, there is more separation of powers in the presidential system of government than the cabinet or parliamentary systems. This is...