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Strong Leader or Strong Institutions? The Jega-Bande-Osaghae Consensus

Posted By: adminon: October 29, 2017In: GovernanceTags: Africa Review Today, Charismatic Authority, EFCC, ICPC, Lee Kuan Yew, PEFSNo CommentsViews:
Strong Leader or Strong Institutions? The Jega-Bande-Osaghae Consensus

“Gentlemen, the vote is 11 to 1 and 1 has it”. That is the iconic statement credited to Abraham Lincoln to his cabinet on a policy issue that is now used as the all time demonstration of the... Read more

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