Despite the widely acknowledged importance of legislative oversight of the security sector agenci... more Despite the widely acknowledged importance of legislative oversight of the security sector agencies in ensuring accountability, transparency, and curbing security sector excesses, there exists a significant gap in empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of legislative oversight mechanisms within Nigeria's National Assembly (NASS). This paper examined the nature and effectiveness of legislative oversight in ensuring accountability in the security sector in 2011-2021, using the Senate and House Committees on Army and Police. Data for the paper were collected using in-depth interviews with 12 key respondents drawn from the legislature, civil society, and security actors. Secondary data were sourced and analysed using documentary analysis. Findings revealed that while oversight of security sector agencies plays some role in maintaining stability and preventing the deterioration of security conditions, it is ineffective in holding security sector agencies accountable. Based on these findings, the study recommended that security sector committees should use all the oversight tools available to them and that, since the security sector is secretive, there is a need to establish committees with security clearance to enable the legislature to hold the security agencies accountable effectively.
International journal of sociology and anthropology, 2015
Peasant households in the semi-arid region of northern Nigeria have to contend with the problems ... more Peasant households in the semi-arid region of northern Nigeria have to contend with the problems of low rainfall and desertification in their agricultural practices. They have also to contend with the problem of bioproductivity loss and inadequate capital. This research investigates the livelihoods negotiations of peasant households in the semi-arid region. The findings of the research show that peasant households have evolved livelihoods strategies in the face of their precarious environment. They do not rely solely on farming for their livelihoods because farming alone is increasingly becoming incapable of providing adequate livelihoods for households in the Sahel. Hence, they are engaged in an array of livelihoods activities to enable them realize their livelihoods. They grow different crops and livestock, and engage in off-farm and on farm livelihoods engagements. More so, they integrated crop and livestock, and have devised indigenous soil management techniques to tackle the pr...
Community-managed water supply has, since the 1990s, been widely hailed and promoted as the solut... more Community-managed water supply has, since the 1990s, been widely hailed and promoted as the solution to the challenges of rural community water provision in Africa. However, the sustainability of this approach to water provision is debated because of low rural water supply and frequent system break down in many different context. The research falls within the area of community water management and sustainability. Particularly, it will investigate the sort of community management that may make rural water supply sustainable. The research uses the case study of Ilala community, Kwara State, and was undertaken through review of relevant documents, of personal observations and of interviews with Ilala community members and government officials. Literature on the sustainability of community-managed water supply is controversial as there seems to be lack of agreement about the sustainability of the model. This thesis contributes to the debate about the sustainability of community-managed ...
Despite the widely acknowledged importance of legislative oversight of the security sector agenci... more Despite the widely acknowledged importance of legislative oversight of the security sector agencies in ensuring accountability, transparency, and curbing security sector excesses, there exists a significant gap in empirical evidence regarding the effectiveness of legislative oversight mechanisms within Nigeria's National Assembly (NASS). This paper examined the nature and effectiveness of legislative oversight in ensuring accountability in the security sector in 2011-2021, using the Senate and House Committees on Army and Police. Data for the paper were collected using in-depth interviews with 12 key respondents drawn from the legislature, civil society, and security actors. Secondary data were sourced and analysed using documentary analysis. Findings revealed that while oversight of security sector agencies plays some role in maintaining stability and preventing the deterioration of security conditions, it is ineffective in holding security sector agencies accountable. Based on these findings, the study recommended that security sector committees should use all the oversight tools available to them and that, since the security sector is secretive, there is a need to establish committees with security clearance to enable the legislature to hold the security agencies accountable effectively.
International journal of sociology and anthropology, 2015
Peasant households in the semi-arid region of northern Nigeria have to contend with the problems ... more Peasant households in the semi-arid region of northern Nigeria have to contend with the problems of low rainfall and desertification in their agricultural practices. They have also to contend with the problem of bioproductivity loss and inadequate capital. This research investigates the livelihoods negotiations of peasant households in the semi-arid region. The findings of the research show that peasant households have evolved livelihoods strategies in the face of their precarious environment. They do not rely solely on farming for their livelihoods because farming alone is increasingly becoming incapable of providing adequate livelihoods for households in the Sahel. Hence, they are engaged in an array of livelihoods activities to enable them realize their livelihoods. They grow different crops and livestock, and engage in off-farm and on farm livelihoods engagements. More so, they integrated crop and livestock, and have devised indigenous soil management techniques to tackle the pr...
Community-managed water supply has, since the 1990s, been widely hailed and promoted as the solut... more Community-managed water supply has, since the 1990s, been widely hailed and promoted as the solution to the challenges of rural community water provision in Africa. However, the sustainability of this approach to water provision is debated because of low rural water supply and frequent system break down in many different context. The research falls within the area of community water management and sustainability. Particularly, it will investigate the sort of community management that may make rural water supply sustainable. The research uses the case study of Ilala community, Kwara State, and was undertaken through review of relevant documents, of personal observations and of interviews with Ilala community members and government officials. Literature on the sustainability of community-managed water supply is controversial as there seems to be lack of agreement about the sustainability of the model. This thesis contributes to the debate about the sustainability of community-managed ...
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