Structural adjustment and the student movement in Nigeria

Shettima, Kole Ahmed

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“…(p. 31). The introduction of SAP worsened the extant poor funding of education and general condition, and this created tension in the economy that resulted in several protests by different associations such as the National Association of Nigerian Students, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and so on (Shettima, 1993), but the government remained adamant. This neglect in funding necessitated the introduction of fee paying programs in the universities as well as orchestrated several industrial actions in the Nigerian HE.…”

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The McDonaldization of Nigerian Universities

Dumbili

2014

Sage Open

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This article examines the extent to which the deregulation of Nigerian higher education (HE) has facilitated the McDonaldization of the universities. University education in Nigeria commenced in 1948 with the establishment of the University College, Ibadan. After independence in 1960, subsequent governments expanded the number of universities, a policy based on a lack of quality manpower in leadership positions created by the exit of British officials and the need to grant access to an increasing number of prospective students. In the 1970s, the number of universities increased accompanied by a decline in infrastructure, funding, and working conditions. This resulted in several strikes and an exodus of academics to other countries. Instead of tackling the problems, the federal government shifted responsibilities by approving private ownership of universities in 1999 and by establishing the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in 2001. Against this backdrop, this article critically analyzes how some of these reforms facilitated the McDonaldization of Nigerian universities. The article reveals how this has resulted in an overloading of responsibilities on the faculty, erosion of academic autonomy, a prioritization of quantity over quality of publications, and an assumption of "customer" status by students. The article uses evidence from McDonaldized HE in Western countries to discuss the implications of these developments and suggests some remedial measures.

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Section: Structural Adjustment Program (Sap) and Education In Nigeriamentioning

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The McDonaldization of Nigerian Universities

Dumbili

2014

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“…Instead, democratization arose when the political conditionalities attached to foreign aid converged and interacted with domestic demands for political liberalization. For several of these countries, like in Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Mali, Niger, Nigeria and Zambia, domestic democracy movements were born out of civil unrest targeted towards economic austerity measures, but swiftly turned towards demanding democracy (Gazibo 2005;ACR 1990ACR /1992Clark 1994: 49;Shettima 1993;Rakner 1992). In Central African Republic, Congo and Zambia, among other places, domestic trade unions held significant leverage in pressuring incumbent governments to adopt democratic reforms (ACR 1990(ACR /1992Clark 1994: 49;Rakner 1992).…”

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Africa's Unresponsive Democratization: the Relationship between Regime Type and the Quality of Life in Africa

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Africa's Unresponsive Democratization: the Relationship between Regime Type and the Quality of Life in Africa by Caryn Peiffer Claremont Graduate University: 2012Scholars and policy makers alike argue that leaders of democracies should find it in their interest to provide high levels of social services due to a fear of being voted out of office. Yet, I find that Africa's newer democracies provide levels of social services strikingly similar to what the continent's existing non-democracies supply. This dissertation seeks to explain why this is the case.I start by exploring the determinants of Africa's most recent wave of democratization, and find that much of Africa's 1990s democratic wave can be attributed to changes in foreign circumstances rather than from pressures from domestic democratic movements. I argue democratization has become disassociated with social services on the continent because of this exogenous nature of political liberalization. Rather than institutionalizing electoral incentives to provide social services, leadership of exogenously derived democracies become principally accountable to the foreign actors for whom political change was meant to appease. However, foreign actors are effectively unable and unwilling to demand political reforms that will institutionalize a more responsive democracy. This dynamic threatens any electoral incentive a ruling party might have to produce higher levels of social services. I test this argument quantitatively and find support for the notion that exogeneity of political change has dampened the impact that democratization has had on social service delivery in Africa.Additionally, through in-country, qualitative fieldwork I examine how citizens demand social services and how the government responds to such demands in Zambia, a country whose democratization was heavily influenced by foreign pressure. There, I found that while there were important initial strides made by Zambia's post-transition government to institutionalize a higher level of responsiveness in social services, later erosions in Zambia's checks and balances undermined these gains. Finally, using Afrobarometer's cross-national survey data, I explore what impact foreign influenced democratization has on citizens' attachment to and satisfaction with democracy. I find that exogenously derived democratization has a small negative impact on people's attachment to democracy and satisfaction with the way democracy works in their country. I conclude by discussing some of the policy implications of these findings.v Acknowledgements

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N igeria, Protest and Revolution, 20th Century

Omobowale¹

2009

The International Encyclopedia of Revolution and Protest

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Like most societies under European occupation, Nigeria has experienced violent protests and revolts from the colonial to post‐independence era. The history of the colonization of Nigeria is marked by a history of militant conflict and European occupation and subjugation that precluded the capture and surrender of some local authorities, including the Sokoto Caliphate, the Ijebu, and Benin Kingdom.

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Structural adjustment and the student movement in Nigeria

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The McDonaldization of Nigerian Universities

The McDonaldization of Nigerian Universities

Africa's Unresponsive Democratization: the Relationship between Regime Type and the Quality of Life in Africa

N igeria, Protest and Revolution, 20th Century

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