Browsing by Author "Modupe Ake"

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    Casual Workers’ Conditions in Private University’s Commercial Farms, North-Central Nigeria
    (2023-12) Modupe Ake; Henry Nweke-Love; Joseph Iseolorunkanmi; Joy Oladapo; Bamidele Rasak
    Casual work has consistently been a component of work in agriculture and previous studies have consistently regarded the working conditions of casual workers as an ordinary issue; thus, less consideration is paid on the workers quality of life particularly private own establishments. This study, therefore, examines casual workers working conditions in private university’s commercial farms in north-central, Nigeria using the Rational Choice Theory as its theoretical framework. Employing both survey and exploratory designs, the study combined primary and secondary research methods, selecting 103 respondents purposively through simple random sampling. The data collected were analysed using a triangulation of quantitative methods with Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0 used for the analysis of quantitative data. The study revealed that the working conditions of casual workers in these commercial farms significantly impact their perceptions, particularly concerning wages and job security. The study recommended an increased focus on improving the working conditions of casual workers in higher institution commercial farms, highlighting the need for enhanced provisions and attention to these workers’ well-being. Keywords: Casual Workers, Working Conditions, Work Challenges, Private University, Commercial Farm
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    Defections in Nigeria's National Assembly and its Implications for Governance
    (Zhongguo Kuangye Daxue Xuebao, 2025) Henry Nweke-Love; Abdulrasheed A. Muhammad; Modupe Ake; Joseph Iseolorunkanmi; Joy Oladapo
    The Nigerian National Assembly started first as a central legislative council with a unicameral structure and later became a National Assembly under a bicameral arrangement. National Parliaments are designed to incorporate public input into governance by having each legislator represent and express the interests of specific geographical area or certain niches in society. However, recent manifestations in Nigeria revealed lawmakers now frequently defect from the platforms on which they were elected in the first place. It is against this background that this paper examines the issue of defections in Nigeria’s National Assembly. This qualitative study reviews records, documents, and historical analysis, tracing defections from the per-independence era to the Fourth Republic. Case studies and judicial interpretations were also examined as well as providing a theoretical foundation and contextualizing key concepts related to political party defections and governance in Nigeria. The paper concluded that the trend has negative implications for political process in the country and averting this requires some policy measures and attitudinal change on the part of stakeholders. Keywords Legislature, Defection, Lawmaker, Representation, Governance, Motivation
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    Digital Transformation and the Fight against Corruption in Nigeria’s Public Sector
    (PERSPEKTIF, 2022) Agaptus Nwozor; Modupe Ake; Oladapo Joy Oluwakemi; Ayanrinde Racheal Tijesunimi
    Abstract Digital transformation is an increasingly strategic theme in public sector governance throughout the world. The advancement in information communication and technology (ICT), especially its expansion to every area of life, has elicited great interests due to its capacity to contribute to efficient service delivery generally. Across the world governments have embraced the digitalization of their operations, and have therefore achieved greater efficiency in government business. In this paper content, digital transformation of the public sector of Nigeria entails the application of modern information technology to its operational processes with a view to enhancing its capacity for efficiency, and thus deal with leakages that conduce to corrupt practices. Digital transformation offers the opportunity for an intelligent use of the ICT for organizational efficiency. Corruption has remained one of the most complex problems impeding Nigeria’s development. The overarching objective of this paper is to assess the nature of digital transformation in the Nigerian public sector, mechanisms and challenges of fighting corruption. Using primary data generated through key informant interviews and complemented with secondary data, this paper specifically interrogates the factors that conduce to, or inhibit the digitalization of Nigeria’s public sector as well its overall implication in the fight against corruption. This paper finds that the digitalization of public sector will likely improve transparency in the operating activities of the public sector and thus lead to the elimination of corruption. This paper recommends, among others, the digitalization of public sector operations and the strengthening of institutions having direct and indirect mandate to fight corruption. Keywords: Anti-corruption; Corruption; Digital transformation; Governance; Public sector; Nigeria.
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    GOVERNANCE AND THE CHALLENGES OF LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA
    (International Journal of Politics and Good Governance, 2016) Modupe Ake; Olakunle Olowojolu
    ABSTRACT This paper examines leadership as the most critical problem of governance in Nigeria, by looking at, assessing and comparing the administrations between 1999 and 2014. The state of security and safety, and the provision of human capital (Education and health) in each government will be used as an assessment indicator. This paper uses few direct citations and evidence from other works/reports to support this research. The paper argues that poor leadership has impacted negatively on the state of security and safety as well as human capital development in Nigeria. The paper analyses that leaders under the civilian administrations despite been democratic, failed to meet the basic needs of the citizens. It concludes that since 1960, Nigeria has been bedevilled with bad governance due to blatant corruption, moral decadence and gross mismanagement of human capital and mineral resources. Keywords: Leadership, Governance, Corruption, Nigeria
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    Has anything changed with illegitimate electoralfinancing and political power contestation inNigeria?
    (POLITICS & INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS | RESEARCH ARTICLE, 2021-07-25) Agaptus Nwozor; Segun Oshewolo; Solomon I. Ifejika; John Shola Olanrewaju; Modupe Ake
    This paper examines the monetization of politics through the manipula-tion of the loopholes in the electoral funding architecture of Nigeria. It evaluateswhether the ceiling placed on individual and group donations to candidates andpolitical parties by Nigeria’s Electoral Act 2010 (as amended) was adhered to inmobilizing election funds in recent presidential elections. In other words, this paperinvestigates whether election funding in Nigeria’s recent elections followed theprescribed protocols as indicated in the Electoral Act and the extent to whichadherence or otherwise contributed to the monetization of the electoral contestsand its implication for electoral integrity. Using data generated from key informantinterviews and qualitatively analyzed in the tradition of logical inductive method the paper finds a contravention of the legal provisions for electoral funding. Thevarious political parties leveraged their political structures to raise funds withoutdue recourse to the prescriptions of the Electoral Act, thus compromising the level-playing ground necessary for electoral integrity. The paper contends that the con-solidation of democracy in Nigeria must entail the plugging of the capillaries andstreams of illegitimate electoral funding and the establishment of critical institu-tional framework that would drive adherence to constitutionally prescribed provi-sions on electoral funding
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    Herders Farmers Crisis and Food Security in Nigeria- A Case of Benue State.
    (A Journal of Vytautas Magnus University, 2023) Modupe Ake; Gbenga Owoeye; Olanrewaju Ajakaiye; Kehinde Abdul-Afees Ayantunji; Jubilee Apalowo; Oluwakemi Popoola; Oladapo Joy; Ayantunde Racheal
    Abstract Food security is an area of research that is gaining the attention of scholars, because of its importance to human survival. However, there is limited scholarly interventions on how the unabated activities of herder’s farmer’s crisis as affected food security in Nigeria, and Benue state in particular. The focus of this study is to identify and interrogate the triggers of herder’s farmer’s crisis in Benue state, and how it has impacted on the quality and quantity of food in the state. The sample comprised 1600 farmers who were selected through a multi-stage cluster technique. The analysis for the study was done using simple percentage and mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) were used to describe demographic and other salient information in the data. The multiple Standard Regression was performed to determine the impact of herder’s farmer’s crisis on food security in Benue state. Results revealed among others that the location of the state within the tropical rain forest which has provided it with arable lands was a motivational factor for herdsmen incursion to provide food for their herds. Findings also showed that the incursion of the herders into Benue state came with negative implications such as limited agricultural output that as resulted in food scarcity and shortage. We also found out that the brazen attacks on local indigenes on their farmlands had severely discouraged them from going to their farms, while some had found alternative in other unproductive vices. Such a findings are wakeup call for political leaders to come up with holistic and honest strategies such as confinement of the herds in one location, instead of open method that is in practice. Kinetic approach could also be applied to curb the expansionist tendency of the herders for the sake of peace, and to make the state and the country food secured and sufficient. Key words: Herders, Farmers, Crisis, Food security, Nigeria.
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    Herders Farmers Crisis and Food Security in Nigeria- A Case of Benue State.
    (Baltic Journal of Law and Politics, 2023-01) Modupe Ake; Gbenga Owoeye; Olanrewaju Ajakaiye; Kehinde Abdul-Afees Ayantunji; Jubilee Apalowo; Oluwakemi Popoola; Oladapo Joy; Ayantunde Racheal T
    Food security is an area of research that is gaining the attention of scholars, because of its importance to human survival. However, there is limited scholarly interventions on how the unabated activities of herder’s farmer’s crisis as affected food security in Nigeria, and Benue state in particular. The focus of this study is to identify and interrogate the triggers of herder’s farmer’s crisis in Benue state, and how it has impacted on the quality and quantity of food in the state. The sample comprised 1600 farmers who were selected through a multi-stage cluster technique. The analysis for the study was done using simple percentage and mean (M) and standard deviation (SD) were used to describe demographic and other salient information in the data. The multiple Standard Regression was performed to determine the impact of herder’s farmer’s crisis on food security in Benue state. Results revealed among others that the location of the state within the tropical rain forest which has provided it with arable lands was a motivational factor for herdsmen incursion to provide food for their herds. Findings also showed that the incursion of the herders into Benue state came with negative implications such as limited agricultural output that as resulted in food scarcity and shortage. We also found out that the brazen attacks on local indigenes on their farmlands had severely discouraged them from going to their farms, while some had found alternative in other unproductive vices. Such a findings are wakeup call for political leaders to come up with holistic and honest strategies such as confinement of the herds in one location, instead of open method that is in practice. Kinetic approach could also be applied to curb the expansionist tendency of the herders for the sake of peace, and to make the state and the country food secured and sufficient.
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    Nigeria Civil Service Reforms of 1999-2007: An Analysis of the Controversies
    (Africology: The Journal of Pan African Studies, 2016-06) Modupe Ake; Olakunle Olowojolu
    Abstract This article aims to analyse reforms of the Nigerian civil service by specifically examining the 1999-2007 reforms. The paper will also explore the reforms in a thematic perspective in the areas of Pension Reforms, Monetization Policy, Restructuring and Repositioning of Ministries, Down- sizing, Financial Regulations, Anti-Corruption Policy, and Service Delivery. Thus, the paper argues that there are various controversies surrounding the 1999-2007 reforms in Nigeria, therefore recommendations are made on how to improve the effectiveness of civil service in Nigeria. Keywords: civil service, reforms, controversy, Nigeria, government, anti-corruption.
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    THE NIGERIA PUBLIC SERVICE REFORMS OF 1999-2007: A PANACEA FOR FEDERAL STAFF MOTIVATION Modupe Ake*
    (2015-02-01) Modupe Ake
    Abstract The Public Service is the machinery of government that is concern with the formulation of policies and delivery of goods and services by and for the government whether National, Regional and Local level. However from the mid 1970s to 1990s the Nigeria Public Service had begun to exhibit signs of progressive decay, as a result of the oil boom era, over centralization, growing conflict between Cadres and hierarchy, low staff morale and productivity. This failure propelled the federal Government in power in 1999 to embark on the Reforms of the Public Service. This papers aims is to examine how/whether the Public Service Reform of 1999 - 2007 motivated Nigeria Federal staff. The Paper will examine the impact of the contributory pension reforms, monetization, servicom and remuneration on motivation. These will equally be used as an assessment indicator. This paper will adopt Abraham Maslow hierarchy of needs as a theoretical framework. The paper will employ both quantitative data such as questionnaire and qualitative data such as interview and other documented evidence. The paper argues that reforms have not being able to motivate federal government staff. The paper analyses that previous reforms in Nigeria before 1999 failed to motivate federal government staff. It concludes that Reforms in Nigeria since 1960 has not impacted positively on the performance and workings of the federal government staff. Keywords: Reforms, Motivations, Public Service, Nigeria.