The Roots of Neopatrimonialism: Opposition Politics and Popular Consent in Southwest Nigeria

Hoffmann, Leena Koni; Nolte, Insa

doi:10.1057/9781137280770_2

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“…The history of Africa has traversed various eras ranging from primitive, slavery, precolonialism, colonialism, and the controversial neocolonialism (Olanrewaju, 2015). What is clear is that Africa had some of the well-managed and economically prosperous empires in precolonial Africa (Gumede, 2015;Hoffmann & Nolte, 2013). Something must have happened during the colonial era that destroyed the wealth of the precolonial era and left the postcolonial continent underdeveloped.…”

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Resolving the African Leadership Challenge

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Resolving the African Leadership Challenge

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“…Following democratisation in 1999, progressive controlled the state for 4 years under the banner of Action Congress before the People's Democratic Party (PDP) took over from 2003 to 2011. PDP candidates backed by Adedibu capitalised on grievances with elite-driven long-term development policies that ignore popular demands for more immediate distribution of economic benefits in the face of widespread poverty (Adebanwi, 2005, p. 20;Hoffmann and Nolte, 2013). Rashidi Ladoja and Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala presided over growing public disorder as the capital, Ibadan, gained a reputation for violent street battles and 'godfatherism'.…”

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Beyond programmatic versus patrimonial politics: contested conceptions of legitimate distribution in Nigeria

Roelofs

2019

J. Mod. Afr. Stud.

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This article argues against the long-standing instinct to read African politics in terms of programmatic versus patrimonial politics. Unlike the assumptions of much of the current quantitative literature, there are substantive political struggles that go beyond ‘public goods good, private goods bad’. Scholarly framings serve to obscure the essentially contested nature of what counts as legitimate distribution. This article uses the recent political history of the Lagos Model in south-west Nigeria to show that the idea of patrimonial versus programmatic politics does not stand outside of politics but is in itself a politically constructed distinction. In adopting it a priori as scholars we commit ourselves to seeing the world through the eyes of a specific, often elite, constituency that makes up only part of the rich landscape of normative political contestation in Nigeria. Finally, the example of a large-scale empowerment scheme in Oyo State shows the complexity of politicians’ attempts to render distribution legitimate to different audiences at once.

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“…In the quest for a better governance, Nigeria's democracy has a long and troubled incursion by its military to the extent that for almost half of its existence as an independent nation, Nigeria has been under military rule instead of democratic government. Three republics have been overthrown by military coups since independence, and two of the four democratically-elected presidents of Nigeria's fourth republic is headed by those military dictatorships (Hoffmann & Wallace, 2022).…”

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Quality of Government in Nigeria - Quantitative Analysis and Evaluation

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A.R.

2023

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Nigeria gained its independence in 1960, and not until 1999, the nation has witnessed a checkered democracy with military incursion in governance in far more years than civilian administration. Therefore, for Nigeria to have witnessed an unbroken democracy since 1999 to date, is a joyful moment in the annals of history of Nigeria as a nation. However, despite the unbroken democracy for over 23 years, it calls to question Section 14(2) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, which states that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government. This research paper is therefore a comparative quantitative analysis and evaluation based on certain economic indices of the quality of governance of the three successive governments since Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999. We found that the trend of Corruption Perception Index is high and consistent throughout the three administrations of Presidents Obasanjo, Jonathan and Buhari. Furthermore, while Presidents Obasanjo and Jonathan performed relatively well, Buhari’s administration witnessed a nose-dive trend in all the remaining indices putting his administration as the worst performer in terms of the indicators measured.

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The Roots of Neopatrimonialism: Opposition Politics and Popular Consent in Southwest Nigeria

Cited by 7 publications

References 14 publications

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Beyond programmatic versus patrimonial politics: contested conceptions of legitimate distribution in Nigeria

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