Emmanuel Remi Aiyede is Professor of Political Institutions, Governance and Public Policy in the Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan. He is the current Head, Department of Political Science (01 August 2020), former Sub-Dean, Faculty of the Social Sciences (2012-2014) and former Coordinator, Leadership and Governance Programme (2010- 2014), Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan. He was also Visiting Scholar, The Electoral Institute, Independent National Electoral Commission, Abuja (2016-2017), and Visiting Fellow, Transregional Centre for Democratic Studies (TCDS) New School University, New York, 2000. He began his career as a Fellow at the Governance Unit of the Development Policy Centre (DPC), an independent think tank in Ibadan in 1998, after a brief stint in journalism. He taught at the University of Lagos, before joining the University of Ibadan in 2005. He has had visiting lectureship experience in several universities within and outside
Cyclical Political Wrongs Of The Liberian Society; Forty Years Plus, Do We Have A Mindset For A “Developmental State”?
Cyclical Political Wrongs Of The Liberian Society; Forty Years Plus, Do We Have A Mindset For A “Developmental State”?
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Every Liberian is advocating for a “Developmental State” but there is still a scenario of cyclical socio-political wrongs. The hope of many have been dwindled and the generations now and beyond still wondering whether there will ever be a country with correctness for its betterment. Spiritually, the month of “April” is a holy month in the context of Christianity. Jesus Christ of Nazareth arrived in Jerusalem and there were jubilations among the people and the same people lamented that “Barabbas” must be freed and “Jesus Christ” must be crucified. The paradox of mankind! However, the month of April had been chaotic in Liberia and it had deepened the wounds of our country. Sadly, April 14, 1979, the “Rice Riot”, t
Reforming the Intricate Ethnic Mafia State of Ethiopia TPLF created demands rooting out dysfunctional elites
Sadly, the most educated and privileged dysfunctional elites in the diaspora that live in democratic nations violate the foundation of democratic governance reform the most visible for necked eye.
Teshome Debalke
February 10, 2021
First, it is great pleasure to witness, the Tigray People Liberation Front (TPLF) that constructed the ethnic Mafia State of Ethiopia three decades ago finally and officially cease to exist as we know it when its notoriously corrupt and traitorous Kingpin
Sibhat Nega and his closest lieutenants that enforce his ethnic mob rule were unceremoniously captured – ending the era of terror, extortion, and plunder of a nation as we predicted was a matter of time before they bit the dust a decade ago.
MK National Council in Gauteng calls for calm and rationality as we join the ANC Veterans League, Eastern Cape MK LWVs, and other progressive organisations and individuals for the defence of our constitutional order. It is clear to everyone that a dark cloud is gathering over the republic, threatening stability, and placing at risk, all that we hold dear as a Nation, peace and stability, whose absence can only derail the Developmental State the ANC is tasked to construct. OUR STANCE ON LEGALITY