Category: AJPAS Vol 2(1)

Professor F.C. Okoli1 Department of Public Administration and Local Government University of Nigeria Nsukka Nichodemus Abonyi2 Department of Political Science Enugu State University of Science and Technology Enugu Abstract The article argued that politics in Nigeria is characterized by cut-throat competition for the distribution of the national cake. The nature and mode of this competition…

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Felix C. Asogwa, PhD Department of political science Enugu State University of Science and Technology, Enugu Abstract This study derives from our concern for the problem of environmental degradation in a third world state like Nigeria since the beginning of the 1990s. This problem has generated socio-political conflict of wide dimensions in the Nigerian society….

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Ezeani, Onyebuchi Emmanuel, PhD Department of Political Science University of Nigeria Nsukka Abstract The need for a diverse and inclusive workforce has been recognized by most governments and international Institution particularly the United Nations. This article assesses the various attempts at bringing about a more diverse and reprehensive civil service in Nigeria and the United…

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Okeke C. C., PhD Department of Social Science Federal Polytechnic, Oko Abstract One of the provisions of Nigeria’s National policy on Education (1998) (revised) is the need to equalize educational opportunity, and impliedly make education at the various levels accessible to the citizens. The logic is that if the citizens have access to education, the…

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Oladoyin, A.M., PhD Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Administration Obaremi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. Abstract The traumatic experience of public governance in Nigeria has been a major source of concern for an average social science scholar ill Nigeria. It is in this direction that this article attempts to borrow a leaf from the America’s working…

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Ilufoye Sarafa Ogundiya Political Science Department Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. Abstract The study examines the crisis of legitimacy in the governance of Nigeria. In fact, the problem of regime legitimation remains a central element in the Nigerian crisis and leads to instability, this problem stemmed from the nature of the authority of the Nigerian state,…

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Nweke Eugene N. Department of Political Science and Public Administration Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. Abstract The challenges of mankind in finding solution to the problems within the society has been greatly Influenced by digital revolution. This informs the purpose of this paper as it seeks to contribute ideas to the discussion about what information…

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James Agena Department of Political Science/ Public Administration Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki Abstract The lofty ideals of democracy and its humane disposition saw Nigeria adopting this most cherished system of government globally. But Nigeria’s experience at democratic governance has not been a happy one. The country that had for three times experimented this governmental .system…

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Duru E. J. C. Department of Political Science, University of Calabar, Cross River State Abstract One of the fundamental challenges facing the Nigerian federation in contemporary times is how to resolve the deepening crisis in the Niger Delta region. The crisis has been precipitated by the people’s indignation occasioned by decades of neglect and marginalization…

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Okeke, Martin Ifeanyi Department of Public Administration Federal Polytechnic, Oko Abstract For the past two decades, conflicts in Africa have been commonplace. Even though Africa has /10 monopoly of conflicts, yet, comparatively, sixteen conflicts were recorded in Africa in the 1990s, whereas Latin America had jive, North America had 0, Asia, 7, Europe, 1, and…

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