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
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 19): The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) today urged the opposition coalition to form a functioning shadow cabinet and shift their focus to policy-driven solutions that will help solve Malaysia’s problems.
The call came as it noted that months of political uncertainty have increased fragmentation and instability in both the government and opposition. The recent Budget session has proven that the Prime Minister only has a majority of three MPs, which indicates a fragile government prone to defections. Meanwhile, the opposition’s failure to unite and Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s constant efforts to secure the numbers needed to gain the premiership have left little room for genuine reforms to be proposed by them.