Olamilekan Omidiji

16 June 2021

Total FAAC Disbursement to FG and States in 2020

#OnOurRadar today is an analysis of total disbursement of the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) in 2020. In our analysis, we discovered that the Federation Account […]
16 June 2021

Policy Recommendations to Revitalise Nigerian Local Government System For Development

As the third tier of government, the local government was created to give the citizens a sense of belonging through developments from grassroots level governance. It […]
15 June 2021

Challenges of Democratic Governance In Nigeria

Nigeria’s return to democratic rule after several years of military misrule was presumed as a beacon of hope for the vulnerable and ordinary person in Nigeria. […]
11 June 2021

YMonitor research supports survey local government performances in over 100 wards in Lagos

Local governments in Nigeria are products of the Nigerian Constitution and are of vital significance to grassroots development. However, the absence of effective administrations has been […]
8 June 2021

#Twitterban: the case of a flawed democratic system

By Omidiji Olamilekan The recent Twitter ban in Nigeria has raised different concerns from many citizens and other parts of the world. To some, it’s an […]
2 June 2021

Breaking The Triumph Of Politics Over Policy- Reforming the Nigerian Police – Part One

By Usman Alabi While it is a welcome development that the National Assembly is working on decentralizing the police so that each state can have and […]
2 June 2021

Nigerians spend over N160 billion annually on UK universities

Considering Nigeria’s economic challenges, the multitude of Nigerian students abroad causes a financial drain which subtly affects the nation’s economy and educational sector. Especially because most […]
1 June 2021

Nigerian Constitution and the Challenges to the Practice of Federalism

Following the provisions of section 2(1), (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Nigeria is made up of a collection of thirty-seven […]
1 June 2021

Federal Government allocation to Education in last 10 years

Despite the challenges faced by Nigeria’s education sector and calls for the government to increase funding to the sector, Nigeria’s education sector has only languished a […]