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    Corruption and Its Impact on Socio-economic Development in Nigeria
    (Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2018-01-06) Abdullahi, Salau Modibbo
    Corruption is a universal problem affecting all countries of the world. However, this problem is more endemic in third world countries, Nigeria inclusive. In Nigeria, corruption has become institutionalise, highly malignant and cancerous. Scholars have discovered the problem of corruption has permeated all sectors of the society- political, social, and socio-economic fabric of the Nigerian society. How does this problem of corruption impacted on the socio­ economic development of the Nigeria? It has been observed that corruption in Nigeria has affected the electoral process which lead to bad leadership and governance; infrastructural deficit; educational decline; societal instability, etc. Nigerian government made efforts to stem these ugly effects of corruption by establishing anti­ corruption institutions such as ICPC and EFCC. To be able to do justice to this paper, I wish to employ a descriptive and analytical research method. This will involve content analysis of relevant work related to our topic. In this work, we are using the neo-Marxist theoretical framework to guide our analysis. Lastly, implementable recommendations will be made.
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    INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVANTS: THIER FUNCTIONAL PROTECTION. PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES
    (Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2003-01-07) Abdullahi, Salau Modibbo
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    NIGERIAN AND THE CHALLENGES OF FISCAL FEDERALISM
    (Department of Political Sciences, Nasarawa State University, Keffi., 2010-06-12) Abdullahi, Salau Modibbo
    The Nigerian federalism has been facing a lot of challenges on how to share and disburse national resources in terms of what goes to each of the component units of the federation. Several efforts were made towards having an acceptable revenue allocation formula yet, an acrimonious agitations abound. This is not only in Nigeria but also in so many federal states. In Nigeria, the challenge of fiscal federalism is not only on how to allocate revenue from the central government to units but also, on how to generate the revenues. Toddy, every component unit of the federation is dissatisfied with the revenue sharing formula. Currently, the 13% derivation allocated to oil producing states from the revenue generated from oil has been contentious even among the beneficiaries, which lead to the agitation for resource control. The intense politics associated with revenue generation and allocation has been a serious challenge to the stability' of the nation. What are the factors responsible for this? How can these issues be addressed, so as to achieve a stable federal state in Nigeria? This paper will employ a descriptive and analytical method to interrogate the factors responsible for this ugly challenge. To properly have a grasp of the concept of federalism.
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    The Nigerian Federalism: Its Challenges and the Quest for Restructuring
    (Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2018-01-13) Abdullahi, Salau Modibbo
    Nigerian state adopted a federal system of governance since colonial era because of its heterogeneous orientation. The root of federalism was planted in Nigeria with the amalgamation of southern and northern protectorate by Lord Lugard in 1914 and further consolidated by colonial constitution of Richard in 1922 and Machpherson constitution, 1954 and finally the Republic constitution 1959. The Nigerian federalist structure was further consolidated by further constitutional reform through state creation in 1962 since then; the system is faced with a lot of challenges of structural, economic, political and sociocultural imbalances. In trying to uncover the causes of aforementioned challenges facing Nigerian federalism, I intend to adopt descriptive and analytical method of analysis. The work will be guided by the use of federalist theory for the proper direction of the work. Fundamental questions as to why the challenges and why the increasing calls for restructuring of the country will be handled. Lastly, conclusion will be drawn and implementable recommendations with be preferred
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    THE ROLE OF SECURITY AGENCIES IN MANAGING ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA
    (Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2012-09-04) Abdullahi, Salau Modibbo; Erunke, Canice E.; Luka, Ruth Caleb
    The recent wave of military invasion in politics in West Africa in the 21st century in the midst of the much talked about democracy and democratisation and the attendant relapse on the road to democratic rebirth is germane to this stud v. The paper underscores the trend of military coup in Ivon’ Coast and Niger Republic bringing out the supposed role of the ECOWAS Protocol in its intenrentionist drive to nip the trend in bud. The piece is a theoretical insight into the case in point, and hence literatures from otner scholars of international diplomacy and polio.7 analysis have been used. The study sums up with conclusion and recommendations.
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    THE ROLE OF SECURITY AGENCIES IN MANAGING ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA
    (Department of Political Science, Nasarawa State University Keffi, 2019-04-12) Abdullahi, Salau Modibbo
    Election is a fundamental feature of any democratic government the world over. Election is supposed to be properly organized and safeguarded to ensure a violence free process in Nigeria, all security agencies are expected to play a positive role during elections. This study examines the role of security agencies in managing electoral violence in Nigeria. The methodology for this study is qualitative, and descriptive. We adopted the conflict theory as a framework of analysis and argued that the inordinate ambition of the political class and their allies to capture state power and retain it at all costs in order to expand their accumulation base is the cause of electoral violence and what tends to determine the negative use of the security agencies in electoral matters in Nigeria. This study tends to make some recommendations that that can improve the role to be played by our security agencies to ensure credible elections in Nigeria