Public Policy and the Private Sector: Lessons from the Nigeria Economic Summit Group (@officialNESG) with Frank Nweke @FrankNwekeII (Faculty) and moderated by Shona Olalere (@shonalere)
Governments which have mastered collaboration with the private sector are also more effective in the delivery of sound policies, strong and dynamic institutions and the right priorities of public investments to provide critical infrastructure and skilled people for development.
The @officialNESG is the private sector-led policy think tank which has over nearly three decades aimed to influence public policy at the federal and state levels and across diverse sectors of the economy.
The @officialNESG collaborates annually with the federal government of Nigeria to co-host the most significant public-policy dialogue in the country and has used the platform to champion important reforms that are underpinned by research and analysis.
This course will offer our students the opportunity to gain experiential knowledge on how public policy can be best shaped for effectiveness through stronger engagement between the government and a key stakeholder like the private sector.
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Forming and Strengthening Political Parties in Nigeria to Global Best Practices with Sesugh Akume @sesugh_akume (Faculty) and moderated by Shona Olalere (@shonalere)
Political Parties are very large groups of individuals with a set of shared interests attempting to influence the political process, elections, policy outcomes, etc. A political party is a group of people who come together to contest elections and hold power in the government.
They in a quest for elective power, agree on some policies and programmes that will be presented to the society for the collective good.
Resources are finite and so, failure to make informed decisions can severely constrain the capacity of governments at all levels to successfully deliver good and targeted outcomes.
Whenever public choices and decisions are not grounded in strong analysis and shaped by factual evidence and statistical data, the result will be unfavourable to citizens.
A New Nigerian Federal Architecture: A Pathway for Equitable, Inclusive and Participatory Governance with Dr Sam Amadi (Faculty) and Century Favour (Moderator)
This course will look into the history of Nigeria's "federalism", inherent gaps in the current federal system, existing proposals for redesigns through National Conferences and regional agitations.
At #SPPG yesterday, we had a very engaging evening on electoral discourse. The office of the citizen has never been more important, and the principal-agent dilemma more apparent.
@faithlyn_7 was brilliant in her dissection of the electoral law and processes and on top of her game as one who is not merely academic about the gaps needing remediation.
Her capacity to provide solid answers to the diverse range of questions from a super-engaged class made yesterday very special for the Office of the Citizen.