The impact of corruption and injustice on the good governance in Nigeria: Growth and development
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The development of Nigeria’s democracy becomes repressed as a result of the combination of the general malaise of endemic corruption and systemic failure in all ramifications. Few countries of the world are as much endowed with human and natural resources as Nigeria. Governments are already failing to meet their immediate obligations of payment of salaries and maintaining the structures of governance thus signaling the...
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Classification of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) as a terrorist organization has been condemned by those who felt government went overboard. The voice of these individuals and groups are so strident that it seemingly drowned the support accorded the proscription by those who believe that IPOB deserved to be so labelled. These divergent positions of newsmakers were examined since as opinion moulders, they greatly...
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While the human rights situation in Ethiopia has been in the spotlight of international scrutiny for a long time, the ruling government of Ethiopia had been unresponsive until recently. The substance of the critique of the human rights violations in Ethiopia, whether emanating from international human rights non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or the U.S Department of state, is literally analogous. By different...
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The Nigerian government has made several efforts in an attempt to tackle the mayhem brought upon the people of north-eastern region of the country by the Islamic extremist movement “nicknamed†Boko Haram, particularly, the people of Borno and Yobe states. Unfortunately, the efforts of government in fighting the insurgents through the instrumentality of the Military Joint Task Force (MJTF) are not without some major...
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This paper explores the contribution of women Members of Parliament (MPs) to decision making in Uganda. It an attempt to see whether women representatives in parliament are actively involved in parliamentary debates on issues of their concern particularly issues affecting children. The existing literature reveals that women are more responsive to issues of children compared to their male counterparts. This study through...
A review of the role played by war veterans in Zimbabwe’s post-independence development discourse
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Having played a decisive role in Zimbabwe’s liberation movement, war veterans find themselves in a precarious socio-economic and political position in the post-independent era with the continued downward trajectory in development. War veterans, the majority of whom come from rural, peasant, and urban working class backgrounds have played a fluid role in Zimbabwe’s development discourse. The relationship between war...
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