Scholarly Publications: Recent submissions
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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 ...