Browsing by Author "John S Olanrewaju"

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    Return migration and the challenges of diasporic reintegration in Nigeria
    (Journals Third World Quarterly, 2022-01-31) Agaptus Nwozor; Segun Oshewolo; John S Olanrewaju; Ake Modupe Bosede; Onjefu Okidu
    Nigeria is among the countries in Africa with the largest emigrant population as well as an impressive pool of annual remittances. Despite the importance of remittances in the matrix of national development, they are no substitute for the expertise and skills needed to drive the various sectors of the economy. Thus, since 1999, successive Nigerian governments have emphasised return migration as an important strategy to tream its diaspora into national development. In this vein, diverse policy efforts hu _been initiated to ensure its actualisation. The paper interrogates the continued urrency and feasibility of return migration in the face of transnationalism and iasporic integration dilemmas. The paper uses qualitative data generated from rimary and secondary sources to critically examine Nigeria's migration architecture.finds that return migration is fraught with several integration dilemmas for eturnees as they are confronted with adjustment crises on return. The paper ontends that the transnational character of the Nigerian diaspora necessitates the doption of policy options that recognise the universality of their contributions and nus do not require their relocation to the country.
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    State Capture and Elective Dictatorship in Nigeria's Democratic Space: A Critical Analysis
    (African Renaissance, 2021-03) Agaptus Nwozor; John S Olanrewaju; Modupe B.Ake; Michael B Aleyomi; Ejalonibu Ebenezer Lawal
    Nigeria has run democratic governance consecutively for twenty-one years.Within this timeframe, democracy has demonstrated signs of maturation and consolidation. Nigeria has witnessed administration-to-administration and party- to-party transitions. However, the political system tends to lack certain fundamental political culture,especially the entrenchment of the supremacy of institutions rather than personalities. The key question that this paper interrogates is the extent to which the democratic,ethos of elective principles and institutional independence have been entrenched. Adjunct to this question is whether state capture by political elites through elective dictatorship has compromised Nigeria's democratic space in terms of circumventing people's electoral powers. The paper finds that democratic processes have been short-changed through the instrumentality of elective dictatorship. It also finds that the primacy of the electorate as the motorising force of democratization has been undermined. It recommends political inclusiveness through the modification of the electoral system to confer primacy on elective principles.