http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/4057 INSTITUTE FOR PEACE AND STRATEGIC STUDIES 2026-04-03T14:36:17Z http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8688 Title: Vision and trust as vital elements for confronting leadership and govemance crises in Nigeria Authors: Aluko, B. A. Abstract: This paper interrogates the leadership-governance matrix that defines the Nigerian situation. It adopts Richard Joseph’s prebendal/clientelistic mode of analysis of political organisation and behavior in Nigeria to interrogate the nature and character of the nation’s leadership. The paper examines the interface between the poor leadership quality of the nation’s political elite and the endemic bad governance that characteristically promotes mass poverty in the midst of abundant natural resources, unrelenting economic crises, kidnapping, terrorism and insurgency. The paper concludes that credence to the leadership and governance deficits in the country can only emerge when the nation’s leaders are driven by clear, political, social and economic vision that can engender the building and sustenance of public trust in both the leadership and the government of the Nigerian state by the diverse groups that constitute the nation. 2015-05-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8687 Title: Enhancing parliamentary oversight for effettive security sector reform in democratic Nigeria Authors: Aluko, B. A. Abstract: The provision of the most essential public good - security in accordance with the will of the people is very germane to the consolidation of democratic governance. Though, the Nigerian state is set to inaugurate her 8th National Assembly on 9th June, 2015, the capacity of the nation’s parliamentary body (National Assembly) to provide effective parliamentary oversight over the nation’s security sector for the establishment of a democratic security forces is grossly deficient. In light of this, the objective of this paper is to explore how the Nigeria’s parliamentary body can be energized in the performance of its oversight functions over the nation’s security sector. The study employed the descriptive survey research method. It was revealed that the inadequate capacity of the parliamentarians in the performance of their oversight functions partly accounts for the incessant violation of the fundamental human rights of the people by the nation’s security forces. Thus, it becomes imperative that the capacity of the nation’s parliamentary body to carry out her oversight responsibilities be greatly strengthened. This, the paper posits can be achieved when there is a considerable improvement in the knowledge base of the parliamentarians on the workings of the entire security sector and the logic and methods of her performance of the oversight functions and a comprehensive review of the constitution with a view to freeing the security forces from the exclusive control of the presidency. The paper concludes that it is only when there is an effective parliamentary oversight over Nigeria’s security agencies that the prevalent executive control over the sector can be moderated in line with democratic principles and practices. 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8686 Title: Corruption, militancy and their implications for development in peremabiri community in Bayelsa State, Nigeria Authors: Aluko, B. A.; Ogbofa, D. B Abstract: The phenomenon of corruption and militancy has become a serious threat to developmental efforts and good governance in Peremabiri community in Southern Ijaw local government area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The question is how can the disenabling issues be addressed to ensure sustainable peace and development for the community? The study used the greed/grievance theory and the pervasive theory of corruption to interrogate the forces driving corruption in the community. Qualitative data collected were content analysed to gain insight into how these disenabling phenomenon became entrenched for socio-political interaction in the community. It argues that militancy emerged in the community because of the level of corruption of the traditional rulers and their reliance on coercion to enforce compliance to their exploitative and oppressive rules. The paper concludes by emphasising the imperativeness of accountable, responsive and participatory governance as antidotes to corruption and militancy in the community. 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z http://ir.library.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/8685 Title: International court of justice judgment on the Nigeria-Cameroon borderland conflict: implications on Bakassi people Authors: Aluko, B. A.; Obodo, N. I. Abstract: From time immemorial, States have been involved in various forms of border conflicts and the origin of these disputes is often times difficult to trace. For some of these conflicts, it can be said to have erupted due to the colonial ties shared by the States, for political motives or as a result of the natural resources found in such a border that will therein improve their economy. This paper analyses the border conflict that occurred between Nigeria and Cameroon which finally led the case to be taken to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to settle the conflict. The conflict is peculiar in nature because it is not a conflict over waterways or airspace but a conflict over a territorial space that involved a group of people. The settlement pattern in one way or the other has impacted on the people occupying the disputed area. Such implication goes further to infer that when a border dispute that involves a group of people is settled, there is an after effect of such settlement whether positive or negative in nature. The outcome of the verdict was to avert a war but the situation of the Bakassi people after the ceding over the Bakassi Peninsula has not been palatable. Using primary, secondary sources of data collection and social constructivism as its theoretical framework, the paper argues that both States accepted and complied with the verdict of the International Court of Justice as a result of protecting their identities thus shaping their interest. The paper also posits that though the verdict did not rule in favour of the Bakassi people and the Nigerian government as majority would have wanted due to its peculiar nature, but it prevented a major outbreak of war. 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z