Prime witness : change and policy challenges in Buhari's Nigeria / Oseloka H. Obaze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Obaze, Oseloka H., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Buhari, Muhammadu.

Nigeria--Politics and government--2007-.

Nigeria.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

lxii, 448 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Ibadan : Safari Books, 2017.

Summary:

"This volume of essays on public policy challenges in the Buhari-led Nigeria is a child of necessity. In 2015 and sixteen years after the PDP assumed the leadership reins in Nigeria, it was evident to all, that Nigeria was not enjoying the best form of governance and purposeful leadership. The strength of government was absolutely lacking. Enter 2015 and the grand alliance and vision of the All Progressives Congress (APC), which claimed to be the only credible alternative capable of upending the PDP and providing Nigeria the much leadership change it desired. Hope about Nigeria's prospects soared with the election of President Muhammadu Buhari. The hope was well founded: it reflected the high expectations generated both by the smooth transfer of power from the Jonathan administration, itself a sign of a maturing democracy, and by the scintillating campaign by candidate Buhari. It did not take long before the Buhari administration confronted the political reality of governance. The governance reality that the Buhari administration faced on assuming the reins of power consisted of his own campaign promises (tackling insecurity, combating corruption, and growing the economy -- with emphasis on reducing unemployment and diversifying the economy); unanticipated crises (resurgence of militancy in the Niger Delta and onset of recession); and self-inflicted injuries (delayed appointment of his cabinet, policy somersaults on foreign exchange policy, and poor management of the recession)..."--back cover.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. A Governance and Politics

One. The Change Cabinet "God, Give us Men"

Two. Rebooting Nigeria

Three. Salvaging Nigeria's Local Government

Four. Nigeria

Governance in E Major

Five. Whither Nigeria's History?

Six. Buhari's Policy Miscue on Gender Balance

Seven. States Must Overcome Aversion to Joint Ventures

Eight. Social Media Assisted Governance

Nine. A Nation Steeped in Schizophrenic Amnesia

Ten. Tweaking the Buhari Presidency

Eleven. Caging Nigeria's Ghost Workers

Twelve. Snares of Disparity Politics

Thirteen. Regulatory Agencies Failing Nigerians

Fourteen. Nigeria's Fuel Subsidy Ends by Default

Fifteen. Dissonance, Distractions & Dichotomy in Government

pt. B Foreign Policy

Sixteen. Buhari's Bucket List to Washington

Seventeen. Migrant Crisis

"If you break it you own it"

Eighteen.

Solvency of Buhari's Foreign Policy

pt. C Security Challenges

Nineteen. Risking an Eviscerated National Security

Twenty. Curbing Vicious Herdsmen and Visceral Conflicts

Twenty-One. Skirting the Niger Delta Quagmire

pt. D Constitutional Questions

Twenty-Two. Unbundling Nigeria's Judiciary

Twenty-Three. Diminution of Due Process and Ordered Liberties

Twenty-Four. Restructuring Nigeria: Not When, But How?

Twenty-Five. Fighting Corruption and Risks of Rogue Precedents

pt. E Economic and Fiscal Policies

Twenty-Six. Fiscal Bailout-Time for States to Recalibrate

Twenty-Seven. Deconstructing Nigeria's Power Distribution

Twenty-Eight. Incredulous and Vacuous State Budgets

Twenty-Nine. IGR: the Unknown Known, Finds its Niche

Thirty. Devalue Now

Thirty-One. Nigeria's Economy; is FGN Risk Averse?

Thirty-Two. Challenges and Strictures of 2016 Budget

Thirty-Three.

Salvaging Nigeria From a Parlous Economy

Thirty-Four. Civilising Nigeria's Democratic Capitalism

Thirty-Five. Recession: wayward consequences of good intentions

pt. F Change Mantra in Retrospect

Thirty-Six. Change Tempered By Pessimism, Anchored by Hope

Thirty-Seven. Governance: We are Merely Servants

Thirty-Eight. Retroview.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789785478563

9785478564

OCLC:

1005687843

Publisher Number:

99982399882