Governance Archives - Intervention

Liberal Democracy and Governance in Nigeria Since 1999: Beyond Consolidation and Reform

Posted By: adminon: January 29, 2026In: BookspaceTags: 'Iroko', Billy Dudley, Capitalism, Elections, Governance, Individual interests, INEC, IRev, NPSA, Party system, Political Science, Rule of lawNo CommentsViews:

Prof Oga Godwin Ajene, the author of this Memorial Lecture in Honor of Professor Billy J. Dudley delivered January 28, 2026 under the auspices of the Nigerian Political Science Association (... Read more

The Challenge of Politics and Governance in Nigeria (Part 1)

Posted By: adminon: May 19, 2023In: Words and WorldTags: Edmund Burke, First Republic, Governance, Leadership1 CommentViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki “Every age has its own manners, and its politics dependent upon them”, Edmund Burke, 1729-1797 Contemporary manners in Nigeria are amorphous, brittle... Read more

The ‘Zulum Phenomenon’ and President Buhari’s Current Visit to Borno State

Posted By: adminon: December 22, 2021In: GovernanceTags: Borno State, Civilisation, Governance, Leadership, PowerNo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki I am forced to return to the issue of qualitative leadership and good governance in Borno State of Nigeria again in the wake of President Muhammadu Buhari’s impendi... Read more

Why Probity and Upholding of Justice Matter: The Examples of Bao Zheng of the Song Dynasty in China

Posted By: adminon: December 16, 2021In: World From AfricaTags: Ancient China, Bao Zheng, Governance, Institutions, ProbityNo CommentsViews:

By Ambassador Usman Sarki Being a civil servant, an imperial censor and a magistrate in the turbulent period of the Song Dynasty in eleventh century China was not an enviable position. It is... Read more

One Example of How to Handle Herdsmen Violence

Posted By: adminon: January 17, 2018In: De-EscalationTags: Governance, Jigawa State Government, Kiri-Kasama, Leadership, PowerNo CommentsViews:

Is there nowhere in contemporary Nigeria with a story of successful containment of herdsmen violence? Would it not make eminent sense to relate to such a story in the context of current conc... Read more