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E-Government Implementation in Nigeria: Building a New Paradigm for Public Trust
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)This study investigated how the online delivery of public services (e-government) has impacted public trust in the Nigerian government. This was done using an electronic survey conducted with 13,743 users of online government ... -
Elections and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: A Comparative Analysis of 2016 and 2020 Gubernatorial Contests in Edo State
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2022)Election is one of the vital pillars of democracy and in many African states democracy has become the most sought after. Unfortunately consolidating democracy through elections in Nigeria has been a herculean task. This ... -
Electoral Reforms And Democratic Stability in Nigeria: A Critical Review of the 2022 Electoral Act
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)The paper interrogates the prospects of attaining democratic stability in Nigeria, via the instrumentality of electoral reforms, taking the Electoral Act 2022 into perspective. Electoral reforms have been generally observed ... -
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 ... -
Executive-Legislature Relations in Foreign Relations: The Case of Nigeria’s 2005 Debt Forgiveness by the Paris Club
(NILDS, 2017)Nigeria’s external indebtedness dated back to pre-independence period but the debts were not much of a burden on the economy. However, with the oil glut of 1978, things began to change in the direction of accumulated ... -
Government by the People and National Security in Nigeria: A Strategic Panacea for Good Governance
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2022)This paper examined government by the people and national security in Nigeria: A strategic panacea for good governance. Government by the people is a function of the “will” of the people. This was practiced by people of ... -
Historic Patterns of Democratisation in Ghana And Nigeria
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)The paper examines the historic pattern of democratisation in Ghana and Nigeria, respectively. Election management and subsequent transfer of power have been largely problematic in Africa. It also follows the trend that ... -
Human Insecurity and the Challenge of Voter Turnout at Elections in Nigeria 1999-2019
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2022)Nigeria’s Fourth Republic has successively witnessed decline in voter turnout at elections. This is in spite of the humongous amount of money expended on the conduct of elections in the country. Although authors have ... -
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 ... -
Implications of Globalization on Trafficking in Persons in Nigeria
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2022)Over the years, extant literature by various scholars has been in existence on the propelling forces of trafficking in persons, however, this study examines globalization as being the catalyst of the illicit trade of Human ... -
In-Feminism and Women-Women Marginalisation in Ogun State, Nigeria
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)The importance of women in the society cannot be downplayed. Today, what has become a social problem is women-women marginalisation in politics and political process despite the fact that women constitute significant ... -
Interrogating Government's Multi-Level Approaches to Ending Armed Banditry in the Northwest Region of Nigeria
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2022)The phenomenon of armed banditry has been a general trend mostly in Northern Nigeria and one of the greatest security threats to the existence of human life in the country. Despite the efforts of both the federal and state ... -
Investigating the Legacies of Violence and Conflict in Transitional Justice and Peace: The Values of Law in Politics
(African Journal of Political Science, 2022)Violations of law, human rights abuse, and socio-economic and political grievances are legacies of violence and conflict-affected politics. In recent times, the aggravation of violence and conflict has hindered political ... -
Key Legislations in Nigeria, 1999 – 2015: Potentials for Impact and Challenges
(NILDS, 2017)While all legislations enacted by the National Assembly are binding and important, there are many laws that are significant for their span or because they point to a major and official decisive moment for the country. Since ... -
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 ... -
The Legislature and Legislative Practices in Anambra State: Scorecard of Performance of Anambra State House of Assembly 2003 - 2015
(NILDS, 2017)This paper tries to establish the state of functionality of Anambra State House of Assembly as a Legislative organ of government in the State. Its assessment is based on the common practices of the legislature, isolating ... -
Look Before Leaping, A Cautious Note on Nigeria’s E-Voting
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)Both institutional and procedural uncertainties have marred electoral practices and resulted into gross misconduct in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. In 2015, the Smart Card Reader (SCR) was introduced to Nigeria’s elections ... -
Modern and Refreshed Approaches for Operationalizing Community Policing Model in Nigeria
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)Community policing is a model of policing or strategy adopted by Nigeria to curb crime from the grassroots, starting from the local level. The strategy is based on the idea that local police have local responsibility to ... -
National Assembly, Federal Budget and Appropriation in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: 1999-2019
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)The paper examines the role played by the legislature in the appropriation and budget process in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic from 1999 to 2019. Using data generated from primary source such as interview and reports and ... -
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 ...