Department of Democracy and Governance: Recent submissions
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Providing Solution to Housing Problems in Nigeria: The Need for National Housing Database
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2020-09)Access to quality and affordable housing is one of the fundamental needs that is crucial to achieving a number of social policy objectives, including reducing poverty, enhancing standard of living and social inclusion. ... -
Reducing the Cost of Governance: Alternative Policy Options for Economic Sustainability
(2021-06)The Nigerian government has proposed to harmonise the salaries of civil servants as a measure to control the high costs of governance amidst the shrinking revenue base. While the harmonisation of salaries across MDAs is a ... -
The Inefficiency of the Federal Government Staff Housing Board as a Framework for Providing Housing Access for Civil Servants
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)Housing deficit in Nigeria is currently estimated at about 17 million units. The Federal Government Staff Housing Board (FGSHB) is inefficient and unable to bridge the housing gap for federal civil servants The FGSHB ... -
The Need for Effective Implementation of the National Automotive Policy to achieve Industrialisation in Nigeria
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)The implementation of the National Automotive Policy has generated divergent views among major stakeholders in the industry. While the Association of Motor Dealers of Nigeria (AMDON) argues that the policy has led to loss ... -
The Place of Non-Workers in the Nigerian Labour Equation: Addressing the Lacuna
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2020-06)The legal framework governing the offer, acceptance, and performance of employment in Nigeria consists of a number of statutes. The most pivotal of these legislations, arguably, is the Labour Act, which covers the fine ... -
Examining the fragments and causes of increasing out-of-school children in Nigeria
(Journal of African Studies and Development, 2021)In spite of various policy initiatives and institutional frameworks, a good number of school-age children roam the streets of Nigeria. Nigeria unduly tops the rank in the total number of out-of-school children in the global ... -
Transparency, Probity and Accountability: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Treasury Single Account (TSA) in Nigerian Public Sector
(The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, 2021-03)This study focuses on the effectiveness of Treasury Single Account (TSA) for promoting transparency, integrity, and responsibility among public sectors in Nigeria. A TSA is an important tool for managing government activities. ... -
Addressing the Brain Drain of Health Professionals in Nigeria
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021-07)Nigeria currently has 38 doctors per 100,000 population, far short of the WHO standard of 166 doctors per 100,000 population. The low doctor-to-population ratio is further aggravated by the high emigration of medical ... -
Dynamics of Change in Legislators' Quality and Effectiveness in Nigeria's 4th To 6th National Assembly
(2021-07)Notwithstanding the centrality of the parliament to governance, numerous studies have come to the conclusion that the legislative institution in most African democracies is weak. A report by the UN Economic Commission for ... -
Vote Buying and Credible Elections in Nigeria: An Opinion Survey of Voters on the 2019 General Election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)Monetary inducements has been part of the electoral process in Nigeria in recent years but the incidence of vote buying became so glaring and discredited the democratic process in the 2019 General Election. This study ... -
Review of Duncanson, C. (2016). Gender and Peace building. Cambridge: Polity Press. 157 pages and preliminaries
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Resurgent Violent Farmer-Herder Conflicts and ‘Nightmares’ in Northern Nigeria
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)How have variables of terrorism, politics and ethnicity complicated the increasingly devastating conflicts between farmers and herders in Nigeria? What short and long term policy suggestions can aid the management of ... -
Nigeria’s External Image and Global Responses to the Postponing of the 2019 General Elections: A Preliminary Investigation
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)This paper interrogates the postponement of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and the attendant international responses it elicited. It noted that Nigeria’s national elections had been similarly postponed in 2011 and ... -
The Role of the National Assembly in Budget Process in Nigeria
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)This paper examined the various stages in the budget process in Nigeria such as the budget preparation and submission, budget authorization, budget execution and budget evaluation/audit report; and highlighted the role ... -
Legislative Effectiveness in Nigeria’s National Assembly: An Institutional Assessment Approach
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)Over the years, legislative scholars have designed different approaches, indicators, benchmarks and assessment toolkits for evaluating the legislature. These range from self-assessment guide to minimum criteria for ... -
Impact of Women Organizations Access to Public Institutions and Officials on Policy Outputs in the Health Sector in Ghana and Liberia (2006 – 2018)
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)Among the major ways that Women organizations seek to influence policy outputs in relevant sectors are through access to public institutions and officials. Ghana and Liberia despite having a large number of women organizations ... -
Development Implications of Morocco’s Membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)The membership application of Morocco to the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in February 2017; one month after returning to the African Union (AU) following over three decades, has continued to generate ... -
Conducting Scheduled Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo States in the Face of COVID-19 National Health Emergency in Nigeria: Possibilities and Options
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)This policy paper examines the possibilities and options of conducting the scheduled governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using both primary and secondary sources of data, ... -
The Challenges faced by Criminal Justice System and the Role Players in Combating Cybercrime in Nigeria
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)Cybercrime is a new wave of criminality confronting the law enforcement clusters of the world. The modus operandi of cyber criminals is different from those of conventional thieves and fraudsters. It is a new area of ...