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Posted: July 16, 2017 in Corruption, Governance, Government, Institutions, Justice, Leadership
Tags: democracy, democratic particularism, democratic universalism, Grimot Nane, moral universalism, morality, Nigeria, Politics
Corruption Is Now A Spiritual Matter in Nigeria
Posted: July 1, 2017 in Corruption, Governance, Government, JusticeTags: Anti-Corruption, Bukola Saraki, clergymen, God, Grimot Nane, James Randi, Nigeria, Politics, President Muhammadu Buhari, spirituality, the spirit
Anti-corruption is not a simple task to handle and it is not always straightforward. There are practical exhaustive steps to fighting corruption if properly executed (even with mistakes) that could certainly lead to massive reductions in the incidence and scale of the phenomenon. Currently, there is nothing of substance either straightforward, indirect or practical about the mission of anti-corruption in Nigeria that swept the current government of President Muhammadu Buhari into power. Corruption has at best become a “spiritual exercise” in the sense that the President and his Anti-Corruption Czar are behaving more like minor biblical prophets sent to warn their people than kings and administrators who ruled people with effective direct instructions. It’s time to pray. Read the rest of this entry »
When I Last Saw Simon Hughes
Posted: June 30, 2017 in Elections, Governance, Government, Social RelationsTags: Bermondsey, Conservative Party, Grimot Nane, Labour Party, Liberal Party, Neil Coyle, Simon Hughes, tuition fees
Thursday, two weeks ago I had just come out of hospital after two-week stay there. As a resident of a Bermondsey, my brother wheeled me to the shops. As we got to the former Santander Bank premises on Southwark Park Road, the headquarters of the Simon Hughes Liberal Democrats Return campaign, we bumped into the man. Simon Hughes was all alone carrying a large cardboard box out of the headquarters and headed for a yellow painted black cab which he was driving. My brother and I greeted Hughes but he barely responded, he looked very unhappy. The June 8 elections had just ended and the former MP had lost. This was a very personal irony for me, a very difficult one. I did not want Simon Hughes to come back as my MP. Read the rest of this entry »
The Nigerian Federation and its Colonies: The Niger Delta and Bornu
Posted: June 29, 2017 in Corruption, Governance, Government, Human Rights, Niger Delta CrisisTags: Auto-Colonialists, Bornu, Colonialism, desertification, federation, Niger Delta, Nigeria, oil exploitation, pollution
As much as many may try, it is not possible to make sense of the current political realities of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by any conditions that preceded the Civil War (1967-70). This is not a case for perceived discontinuity but exceeding and sudden transformation. Nigeria only became a full state after the beginning of the Civil War, considering her acquisition and use of state power via centralisation. This is because during and after the war, Nigeria ceased to be an intended ‘uniform federation’ and opted since the administration of General Yakubu Gowon to be a two-tier state; the federation and its colonies. Nigeria is truly an “auto-colonial state” today, a fact obscured for 50 years. Read the rest of this entry »
Tony Blair and the Unusual Case of Campbell’s Law
Posted: June 28, 2017 in Corruption, Elections, Government, InstitutionsTags: Campbell's Law, Cash for Honours, Conservative Party, Grimot Nane, Jeremy Corbyn, Labour Party, political donations, Tony Blair, United Kingdom
When sociologist Donald T Campbell came up with his eponymous law, one wonders if he expected it to be of theoretical or practical use. Campbell’s Law states that, “the more any quantitative social indicator is used for social decision-making, the more subject it will be to corruption pressures and the more apt it will be to distort and corrupt the social processes it is intended to monitor.” Originally intended to measure crime rates and other social phenomena it has been adapted to use in corruption studies. Tony Blair as Prime Minister of Great Britain is exemplified as a textbook case of Campbell’s Law. Read the rest of this entry »
