Papers by Oluwatosin Akintola
Africa and Emerging Trends in Global Politics, 2021
Among developing countries, Nigeria is one with an increasingly large diaspora population in the ... more Among developing countries, Nigeria is one with an increasingly large diaspora population in the world (Aseffa, 2013). With over 15 million Nigerians in the Diaspora among who are well educated and relatively influential, they constitute a germane constituency for the nation. Nigeria isone of the top recipients of diaspora remittance (NiDCOM,2020; Adu,2016; PwC, 2019). The top recipients of officially recorded remittances for 2012 were India($70 billion), China ($66 billion), the Philippines and Mexico ($24billion each), and Nigeria [$21 billion) (Vanguard, November 26, 2012). According to the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF) Mr. Babachir Lawal, Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) remitted $21billion to the economy in 2015 (Vanguard, 21 July, 2016). While United Nations migration data portal recorded about 1.3 million Nigeriansemigrated in 2017, which represented 0.6% of the nation's population, Nigeria gathered $25,081bn as remittance from its Diaspora in the same year (Naluwembe, 2013, PwC, 2019). To this effect and in furtherance of the role of the Nigerian diaspora, the federal government signed the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission Establishment Bill into law in July 2017 and established the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) overseen by a Chairperson/CEO. The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, had before the creation of the Commission, created the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora (OSSAPFAD). In 2019, during celebration of the National Diaspora Day, which is celebrated every year, the Chairman/CEO of the Diaspora Commission by Abike Dabiri-Erewa, declared that the Commission engages and utilises the human, capital and material resources of Nigerian emigrants in the socio-economic, cultural and political development of Nigeria (PwC, 2019; NiDCOM,2020).
Crawford Journal Of Business And Social Sciences, 2021
The African Union gate-keeping role as a regional organization is saddled with the responsibility... more The African Union gate-keeping role as a regional organization is saddled with the responsibility to find effective solutions to problems inherent within the region. This manifest role as contained in the AU Constitutive Act and the phrase, "African Solutions to African Problems", explains the need for unity before execution. The customary solution adopted by the organization is often diplomacy and mediation. The response therefore to the Libyan crisis was not an exception. The AU response as contained in its Roadmap constituted a ceasefire, mediation, transition and a peaceful coexistence of the fractions within the country. The internal fractions included the Gadaffi government and the Transitional National Council (TNC) among other rebel groups. External actors included the different organisations such as the AU, United Nations (UN), North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), Organisation Islamic Conference (OIC), and League of Arab States (LAS) but of interest to this paper is the AU. Using descriptive analysis of secondary data sourced from academic journals, institutional communiqué, media materials and documents relevant to this study, the paper critically examined AU's response to Libya Crisis. These include: political indecision on what approach to resolve the crisis, political and economic constraints, disagreement among AU member states, lack of political will, poor publicity for the defunct AU's Roadmap, the Gaddafi factor as well as the politics of interest. The research concludes that the void of unity and where there is disunity, the will to carry out a peaceful or any operation becomes an illusion. It recommends among others the need to drive security resolutions with resources and the political will in order to fulfill its role as a regional gatekeeper.
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Papers by Oluwatosin Akintola