The Unfinished Nigerian Project
Essays on State Capacity, Institutional Design, and Nigeria’s Search for Nationhood.
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Effective imaging of reservoir fluid changes
Research on imaging dynamic changes within producing reservoirs.
Energy
National Integration
How a diverse federation builds common citizenship and political belonging.
Democracy · Federalism · Governance
Energy Systems
The infrastructure, markets and institutions involved in producing, moving and using energy.
Energy · Infrastructure
Institutional Design
How constitutions, laws and administrative structures distribute authority and create incentives.
Constitution · Governance · Institutions
Federalism
How authority and responsibility are divided between federal, state and local government.
Constitution · Federalism · Governance
State Capacity
The ability of public institutions to make policy, deliver services and enforce rules.
Governance · Institutions
Nigeria’s balance sheet is not the households—Will someone tell NRS chairman, Adedeji?
IT was refreshing to see Dr Zacch Adedeji, Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, on Seun Okinbaloye’s Politics Today on Channels Television last week. Few senior Nigerian public officials appear to explain government’s stewardship.
Economy · Governance
Projects are not a power system: Is Minister Tegbe confused?
LAST week, I intended to discuss how record-breaking heatwaves are increasing demand for cooling, prompting the International Energy Agency (IEA) to warn of mounting pressure on electricity systems. Nigeria must treat grid restructuring and coordinated distributed energy systems as national priorities for affordable electricity, industrialisation and economic development. The question is: what electricity system should […]
Energy · Infrastructure · Institutions
Should the NBA continue to monopolise the administration of justice?
MY original intention this week was to discuss a different subject. Record-breaking heatwaves are increasing demand for cooling, prompting the International Energy Agency (IEA) to warn of mounting pressure on electricity systems. I intended to argue that Nigeria must urgently treat grid restructuring and coordinated distributed energy systems as national priorities for affordable electricity, cooling, […]
Constitution · Governance · Institutions