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    Assessment of Innovative Ideas in Nigeria’s Public Sector
    (Nova Explore Publications, 2015) Adedeji, Adebayo
    Public administration as a field of study and practice is undergoing certain changes in order to meet the new demands from society. This is necessary considering the growing complex nature of society and new technological innovations shaping human transactions. Innovative idea in public administration is about evolving new ways of meeting the demands of citizens. This involves a remodeling of the principles and procedures of public administration to achieve prompt response to citizens’ demands and their satisfaction with the service delivered. The focus of this paper is to examine the outcome of these innovative ideas in Nigeria’s public sector. Evidence from extant literature suggests that the Nigerian public administration system is yet to fully inculcate the philosophy behind the idea of innovation management. This is because the idea is not allowed to run a full circle of implementation before it is either discontinued or allowed to die naturally. This is evident by staff appraisals of public officials without well pre-defined objectives, regular auditing of staff strengthen to ascertain those on Government payroll, recruitment processes poorly executed and citizen’s dissatisfaction with public service delivery. Indeed, there is little evidence that show that the structures and processes of government as change remarkably since the return to civil rule. In other words, innovative ideas are yet to take firm root in government establishments. This could be attributed to the lack of support for these innovative ideas by senior public servants. Data for this research was obtained from secondary sources, such as journal articles, books, newspapers, government and online publications. A qualitative approach, using content analysis, was then applied to analyse the data.
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    Current Discourse in Peace and Conflict Studies
    (Ibadan University Press Publishing House, 2019) Alabi, Ayodeji Ladipo
    Peace and conflict studies is essentially navigated through an interdisciplinary social science and humanistic approach which incorporates elements of sociology, political science, philosophy, history, psychology, social anthropology, geography, economics, and religious studies.
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    Discrimination and Social Identity: interrogating the impact of local lingua francas on inclusion politics in public institutions in Nigeria
    (Cambridge University Press, 2024-02) Alabi, Ayodeji Ladipo
    This study is concerned with addressing discrimination in public spaces and interrogates the extent to which the social identity function of a local lingua franca impacted inclusion politics in leadership selections for public institutions in Africa. Guided by social identity and ethnolinguistic identity theories, selecting Ahmadu Bello University in Northern Nigeria as a case study, and using the qualitative research technique, this study found a three-level ethno-religious discriminatory categorization – Core Northerners, Peripheral Northerners and Non-Northerners – accommodated within the institution’s power hierarchy. Fluency in Hausa, the local lingua franca in Northern Nigeria, was the common factor. Although the language was not a requirement for appointment, it turned out to be the marker of social identity that positively impacted inclusion politics. With extensive linguistic acculturation, African nation states are better off investing in the propagation of the local lingua franca to address negative discrimination in public spaces.
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    The Executive Arm of Government
    (Springer, Cham., 2020) Oluwalogbon, Leke
    Government is the sum total of legislative, executive and judicial activities, irrespective of the existing political system and ideological persuasion. The executive in many political systems is the most obvious and developed arm of government. This chapter explains the significance of the executive arm of government in Nigeria’s democratic governance. It focuses specifically on the President and the presidency under the 1979, 1989 and 1999 federal constitutions. This chapter identifies challenges facing this arm of government and democratic governance in general that must be addressed to avert the collapse of the Fourth Republic.
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    Federalism, Political Culture and the Question of Remaking Nigeria
    (Centre for studies on Federalism, 2021) Adedeji, Adebayo
    The practice of federalism in Nigeria had undergone different stages of structuring to resolve salient political issues. However, despite each change to the structure, the clamour for further change has not abated. Thus, bringing to the fore the question, are the issues affecting the practice of federalism rooted in the structural arrangement or with the attitude of the citizens towards the principles of federalism? This article, an exploratory study, interrogated the latter part of the question by examining the concept of federal political culture and its effect on the practice of federalism in the country. It analysed salient issues like Herders/farmers conflict and insecurity and complemented with a survey of 220 respondents. Preliminary evidence indicates the presence of a federal political culture among the citizens and concludes that remaking Nigeria lies in evolving policies that enhance this culture.
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    God as a Leader
    (The Directorate of General Studies, Redeemer's University. Ede, Osun State., 2014) Oluwalogbon, Leke
    This chapter examined the leadership features and capabilities of God. It portrays God as a leader who leads in love, truth, faithfulness and holiness. God is also seen as a creative and innovative leader. Christian leaders must, therefore, take a cue from his principles to make the best of opportunities to lead.
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    Identity Overlap and Context-dependent Instrumentation of Territorial Belonging: an interrogation of multiple levels of indigeneship mobilisation in Nigeria
    (Routledge, 2023-08-29) Alabi, Ayodeji Ladipo
    The subject of territorial belonging remains one of the regular flashpoints of conflicts in contemporary politics. With identity overlap and context-dependent instrumentation of belongingness, the question of how one identity classification attains preponderance over others in the overlap and the character of the associated conflicts compel studying every instance as a unique case. This paper interrogates the instrumentation of multiple levels of indigeneship mobilisation in inclusion politics in tertiary education institutions in Nigeria. Qualitatively drawing from vice-chancellor’s selection politics in University of Nigeria, this paper found that four incentives drove the preponderance of ethno-territorial indigeneship mobilisation over other levels of indigeneship mobilisation in the institution. First, politically, the collective interests of the dominant Igbo ethnic group were held paramount in the ethnic territory. Second, the rationales for the collective interest of the ethnic group were widely acknowledged by all communal settlements on the ethnic territory. Third, democratically, the phenomenon ensured the rule of the majority in vice-chancellors’ selection politics. Fourth, the merit prerogative of the academy, breached in interethnic struggle, remained sacrosanct in intra-ethnic competition for the choice position. These exemplify the situation of many federal tertiary education institutions in Nigeria and become their prominent trademarks.
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    Intergovernmental Relations and the Birthing of Collaborative Governance in Nigeria
    (DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE & PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, 2021) Adedeji, Adebayo
    Federal systems are always confronted with the basic question of who does/shall do what? Though, such a paradigm has been challenged by not only external (e.g. elements of globalization) and internal (e.g. the need for more effective policy outcomes) factors, but also by convincing reasons to improve the interactions among the different levels of governance in order to be able to face common challenges in critical policy areas, such as health, education, etc. Within this framework, the essence of intergovernmental relations is the attainment of integrated policy goals that benefit the public. Albeit, the management of these relations could take the path of collaboration or adversary depending on the structure and processes adopted by the actors. This paper explores the nature of intergovernmental relations in Nigeria by examining available documented evidences using content analysis. The paper was guided by the collaborative governance theory which identifies certain salient variables that could enhance effective collaboration. From available evidences from sectoral analysis, the dominant pattern of management of Nigeria’s intergovernmental relations appears to be adversarial. This assertion is based on available documented evidences of intergovernmental relations in the certain sectors of the country. The paper submits that collaborative management achieves better policy outcomes than adversarial management. This is because the former tends to facilitate trust, commitment and better coordination than the latter.
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    Managing Change: Transition from the Traditional Bureaucratic Practices to E-Government.
    (Acta Universitatis Danubius, 2018) Oluwalogbon, Leke
    In line with international best practice and public demand for a more efficient and responsive public service, Nigeria – like many other countries – gradually transitioned from the traditional bureaucratic practices to the use of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) – widely known as Electronic – government (E-government). This system of governance demonstrates high level of effectiveness and efficiency in public service dispensation and the general conduct of government businesses in addition to promoting transparency and accountability in government. The adoption of egovernment in Nigeria’s public service was hinged on certain intended benefits. However, these benefits oftentimes do not occur. A large body of knowledge on the adoption of ICTs in Nigeria’s public service exists, spanning from its prospects, to its implementation and challenges. However, the discourse has inadvertently neglected an important aspect which is the transition process. The transition from traditional bureaucratic practices to e- government, though desirable, can lead to many unintended outcomes if the “people side”, that is the human component of the public service are not taken into consideration in the transition process. The proper implementation of a transitional programme is therefore of utmost importance, if the intended outcomes of technology adoption are to be fully realized. This paper examines the implementation of e- government in Nigeria with a view on how to involve the public servants and the citizenry in general. The methodology adopted for this paper is qualitative as data from secondary sources were subject to content analysis.
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    Political Socialisation and Political Participation
    (Ibadan University Press Publishing House, 2019) Alabi, Ayodeji Ladipo
    Political socialisation is the deliberate inculcation of political information, values and practices by instructional agents which have been formally and informally saddled with that responsibility. Political participation describes the relationships between the state and society, and addresses such issues as how individuals and different groups organise to further their political interests, how citizens get involved in the political process and get represented in the political system, and how they influence policy-making in the state.
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    The Politics of Leadership Instability in Nigeria's Senate, 1999-2011.
    (International Journal of Politics and Good Governance., 2016) Oluwalogbon, Leke
    The legislature in Nigeria has not lived up to its bidden. Over the years this arm of government has suffered most from the frequent military interventions since 1966. Its powers are usually usurped by the executive arm under every military regime, thereby making its growth stunted and its members immature. Even under democratic governments, the legislature continues to suffer similar ills, but this time from leadership instability. During 1999-2011, the Senate which is the focus of this study witnessed a high turnover in its leadership. The reason for this rapid change in leadership is the bane of this research. Data was collected via secondary sources such as Newspapers, magazines, and journals, and from the result, it was discovered that the frequent executive interference in the affair of the senate, especially in the emergence of its leaders among other factors, is the reason for the frequent change in leadership.
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    Re-inventing the Equity Debate: Issues in Balancing Merit with Inclusion in Leadership Selection in Federal Universities in Nigeria
    (BRILL, 2022-07-22) Alabi, Ayodeji Ladipo
    In the conflicting pursuit of equity, the recession of non-indigenes in leadership positions in the nation’s federal universities is a major source of campus restiveness. This opinion article, derived from empirical research, therefore aims at bringing to the fore the substance and implications of the faulty inclusion politics and the politicised merit criteria deployed towards achieving equity in leadership selection in Nigeria’s federal universities. University of Ibadan and University of Jos were purposively selected for the study being the institutions with the most recent vice-chancellors' selection episodes riddled with identity-based conflicts in 2020/2021. In the two universities, key informant and in-depth interviews were conducted with prominent members of the respective institutions’ governing councils, staff unions, staff ethnic associations, and vice-chancellor candidates that were not appointed, all purposively selected being notable actors in the vice-chancellors’ appointments politics. With between 70% and 79% predominance of ethno-territorial indigenes in the institutions’ workforce, the original inclusion intent of Nigeria’s federal character principle was grossly handicapped in the leadership appointment politics. The merit assessment instruments deployed in vice-chancellors' selection processes had subjective items prone to biased scoring. These unfashionably culminated in the persistent return of indigene vice-chancellors in the two institutions for forty years.