Archive for July, 2008
NIGER DELTA SUMMIT DOOMED TO FAIL UNLESS……..
Friday, July 18th, 2008A lot have been said about the need to address the issues of poverty, insecurity, underdevelopment, militancy, youth restiveness, marginalization, the criminality of the genuine struggle of the Niger Delta people and the economic banditry perpetrated by successive governments in the Niger Delta region. Several peace resolution committees, probe panels and commissions, have been set […]
THE ROLE OF THE OPPOSITION, CIVIL SOCIETY GROUPS, YOUTHS AND THE GENERAL CITIZENRY IN PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY: A PAPER PRESENTED AT THE DESPLAY SEMESTER 2 PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY (NED) USA AND BOARD/MANAGEMENT OF YOUNGSTARS DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE JOS AT BENIN CITY (EDO STATE) ON FRIDAY 20TH JUNE 2008 BY LOUIS BROWN OGBEIFUN.
Sunday, July 13th, 2008INTRODUCTION.
Kiiza, 2005 in unpacking democracy and the role of parties said “democracy is a term derived from two Greek words – demos (or people) and kratos (rule)”. Since the key components are people and rule, it will ultimately involve a system in which the people of a given constituency, come together as specified by their […]