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Migration and development, May 19, 2024

AFRREV IJAH: An International Journal of Arts and Humanities, Apr 25, 2014

Since the 1970s, rural development has occupied the centre stage in development policy and discou... more Since the 1970s, rural development has occupied the centre stage in development policy and discourse in the developing countries. This was a rational response to the fact that majority of the populations in the region live in rural areas. More significantly, for most of the countries, the inherited pattern of urban-based capitalist development reproduced underdevelopment especially in the forms of poverty,

Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2012

The impacts of brain drain in Africa are phenomenal. In the lst five decades of the continent's p... more The impacts of brain drain in Africa are phenomenal. In the lst five decades of the continent's political history, political and economic factors have collectively acted as push factors in the migration of young Africans from the continent. As such, reducing, reversing and mitigated the effects of emigration from Africa have been a tall order. This paper examines the net effects of brain drain on the continent against the backdrop of the global environment. Its data base was drawn from both archival materials and contemporary literature. It discovers that to effectively mobilize the abundant talents and resources need for the continent's development, Africa diaspora must be collectively engaged. This policy prescription would avail the region the much needed succor in its march towards development.

Review of African Political Economy, 2020

SUMMARY Africa has massive potential for a vibrant ‘Blue Economy’: 70% of the countries in the co... more SUMMARY Africa has massive potential for a vibrant ‘Blue Economy’: 70% of the countries in the continent have territorial coastlines and extensive kilometres of exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the sea that are still largely untapped for economic development. This analysis on sub-Saharan Africa’s positioning in the new framework of the Blue Economy, as well as the defining bottlenecks of maritime insecurity and weak governance, finds that Africa’s coastal states lack financial and technological capacity to harvest ocean assets, and are plagued by the corrupt tendencies of the political elite. There is a need to deploy strategic use of the states’ advantageous maritime resources for more locally beneficial development.

Nigeria, the world's most populous black nation, faces a major crisis in its federal structur... more Nigeria, the world's most populous black nation, faces a major crisis in its federal structure and democratic experience. Despite the allusion to democratic governance of the country, the political class, especially elected state governors, and the bureaucratic elite have turned autocratic, refusing to obey the Constitution which demands compulsory elections into the local government administration, siphoning the statutory allocation to the councils from the Federation Account, generating instability in the polity, and arresting the socioeconomic development at the grassroots. This paper puts in perspective the legitimacy crisis and elite conspiracy in the local government council administration, which has spread rural poverty and discontentment among the citizenry, and recommends concrete steps to arrest the calamitous drift.

Saudi Arabia initiative to lead an Islamic Military Alliance of 34 countries against terrorism is... more Saudi Arabia initiative to lead an Islamic Military Alliance of 34 countries against terrorism is characterized by ambivalence and skewed membership to exclude rival Shi'a ideological nations. The timing of the initiative bears indices of panicky foreign policy to maintain the balance of regional power with Iran now free from economic sanctions. Nigeria, tormented by Boko Haram, a Sunni Wahhabi al-Qaeda terrorist organization, has always received cold shoulders from Saudi Arabia, despite appeals for assistance, which informed Nigeria's initial rejection of membership of the Islamic Alliance. This has led to desperate arm twisting and foreign policy somersault. This paper has put in perspective the rhetorics of the Islamic military alliance and Nigeria's twisted foreign policy dictated by desperate national economic interests.

Kiabàrà: Journal of the Humanities, 2010

Nigeria has been facing the immense challenge of international trafficking in persons for sexual ... more Nigeria has been facing the immense challenge of international trafficking in persons for sexual exploitation and forced labor into countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. Being an international criminal activity driven by high profits, Nigeria's adoption of a regulatory policy is expressed in the series of legal provisions to deal with the army of traffickers. In desperation, within a space of 12 years, Nigeria has churned out two legal frameworks (one now repealed) owing to the enormity of the inhuman effects of the modern slave trade to her citizenry locally and internationally. This paper has attempted a critical appraisal of the legal frameworks, especially the new law the Trafficking in Persons (Prohibition, Enforcement and Administration) Act 2015 to expose strengths, contradictions and weaknesses. It has also highlighted the operational reality that unless the pervasive corruption amongst personnel of government agencies and security outfits aiding traffickers in illegal m...

Nigeria currently faces security and developmental dilemma with the crucible of terrorism largely... more Nigeria currently faces security and developmental dilemma with the crucible of terrorism largely enveloped in the foreign policy perspective with neighbours. In collaboration with elements of the Al-Qaeda in the Maghreb, Boko Haram Islamic terrorist attacks have claimed over 3,000 lives including foreigners, prompting the Nigerian government to effect the deportation of 4,000 foreign nationals from Niger, Chad and Cameroun, the immediate neighbours on the north-east axis, who are giving soft-landing to the radical Islamic sect utilising terrorism as modus operandi in pursuit of its political and religious beliefs. The paradox of Nigeria‟s Big Brother foreign policy towards her neighbours, in the past five decades, has entrenched religious fanaticism, criminality especially arms smuggling and borderless irregular migration in the northern parts of the country, exposing the beleaguered country to the whims of terrorists and comatose economy.

Dynamics of Public Administration, 2019

Review of African Political Economy, 2015

Nigeria, aside from religious terrorist violence, faces a serious threat to its economic security... more Nigeria, aside from religious terrorist violence, faces a serious threat to its economic security: the unenviable international record of unprecedented volumes of crude oil theft arising from the incessant vandalism of the 6000 kilometres of pipelines in the country. With the conspiratorial roles of the governing and non-governing elites, this high-tech illegal business has been internationalised and poses a huge threat to the national revenue and the development index of the country. The oil-rich Niger Delta region, worsened by environmental degradation arising from excessive spillage of petroleum resources, is under siege from the predatory elite, arising from the embarrassing lack of political will by government and security agencies to protect the nation’s commonwealth. This paper attempts to put into perspective the critical issues of international crude oil theft in Nigeria, and suggests strategic measures to curtail the elite predatory tendencies driven by corruption, and to protect the nation’s economy. The imperatives of Nigeria’s development and growth are strongly linked to the strategic economic importance of the petroleum resources of the maritime environment in the Niger Delta area and the Gulf of Guinea. The location has an armada of 5700 oil wells, 112 flow stations, 16 gas plants, 126 production platforms, 6 Floating Production Storage Offloading (FPSO) platforms and 13 oil terminals, while a key FPSO is the BONGA, a deep offshore production platform with a production capacity of about 200,000 barrels per day, currently valued at over US$4 billion (Ezeoba 2013). About 99% of Nigeria’s import and export activities rely on the sea, with crude oil being a key part of the maritime activities, in a world where 80% of global trade is sea based with over 46,000 large vessels berthing in about 4000 seaports worldwide annually (Odiogor 2013). The character of the political economy of the Nigerian state hinges largely on the rentier economy of Africa’s most populous country. Nigeria, in the past four decades, has operated as a state structured on an economic process in which its dominant revenue base is derived from rent from its petroleum exploratory or mining activities (Mkandawire 1987). The management of the abundant petroleum resources of the country has defined the attitude of the ruling class as a country with a monocultural accumulation base. The political class, driven by corrupt tendencies arising from petrol dollars, prefers the proclivity towards primitive accumulation than exhibition of patriotic values. The situation makes it an anathema for the political elite to improve the nation’s industrial base for real productive activities in the economy with salutary effects on the citizens’ welfare (Abutudu 2010). Nigeria, therefore, is a classic case of a third world country with the contradiction of increasing national revenue and growing indices of poverty. With the frittering away of national

European Scientific Journal, Jul 27, 2012

The title of the paper is concise, unambiguous but very broad. This is because the issue of insec... more The title of the paper is concise, unambiguous but very broad. This is because the issue of insecurity permeates all aspects of human endeavor and serves as a fundamental panacea to any society's growth and development. More so, it is tied to every society's social, political, economic and cultural growth. Consequently, the paper addresses the fundamental issue of the-management of insecurity‖ and its impact on national growth and development by taking a paradoxical perspective of the Nigerian context within the globalized world. Thus, in all entirety, the issue of security is now becoming a policy mantra to every existing nation.

Social Science Diliman, Nov 18, 2014

The United Nations (UN) new Spotlight Initiative, in collaboration with the European Union (EU) a... more The United Nations (UN) new Spotlight Initiative, in collaboration with the European Union (EU) and adopted in 2018 by the General Assembly, has renewed global attention on prevailing gender – based violence. Nigeria, with endemic cases and trends of gender abuse, is one of the focal countries of the UN initiative. This paper analyzed the dimensions of gender issues, espoused the Nigerian gender – abuse and policy situation in relation to the UN intervention, as well as highlighted the challenges. It recommended that the social context could be ameliorated by addressing the patriarchal structure of unequal power relations between men and women, and promoting the educational and economic empowerment of women and girls.

The structure and context of African crises have attracted peculiar military interventions from I... more The structure and context of African crises have attracted peculiar military interventions from International Organisations with different levels of jurisdiction and competence. Peacekeeping operations have gained popularity in the international community and have been deployed at various times in the African continent in response to internal crises that claimed lives of Africans and threatened strategic interests of major players in global politics and economic relations. This study has presented an African perspective to the critical understanding of the African crises that engulfed Chad, Liberia and Somalia in relation to the UN (global), OAU (continental) and ECOWAS (regional) interventions in the different countries, in comparative analyses, in order to put in perspective the political, economic and operational variables that defined the success or otherwise of the peacekeeping operations as an expensive international mechanism of conflict containment and management in the Afri...

For over a decade, the brain drain phenomenon has impacted negatively on the socio-economic devel... more For over a decade, the brain drain phenomenon has impacted negatively on the socio-economic development of sub-Saharan Africa. Along with the prevailing structural asymmetry in the global economy and the economic adjustment programmes in many sub-Saharan countries, the emigration of skilled labour has taken serious dimensions. The emerging patterns of international circular migration, leveraged by deliberate state policies of different countries, have encouraged cross-border mobility of labour, for socio-economic gains, with the tendency of maximising legal mobility of labour and combating illegal migration from the continent. This paper has attempted to put in perspective the critical brain drain issues, as well as the concept of international circular migration, its new dynamism and operational benefits, driven by political policies of countries. The negative impact of the brain drain could be minimised, and the potential impacts of international circular migration maximised as a ...

Dynamics of Public Administration