Pub Date : 2020-12-01DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n4a3
O. Animashaun
The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria guarantees equality of the citizens, but accords special rights and privileges to natives. Thus, there is a bifurcation of citizenship between the “native-citizens” and “non-native-citizens”, with different rights and privileges attached to each category. The crises created by this bifurcation is better observed in the cities, as it provides points of contact between large numbers of natives and non-natives. Lagos, as a megacity, epitomizes the identity and legal crises pervasive in Nigeria. This bifurcation of citizenship has created a dilemma thereby recasting the megacity as the pepperfarm, which Eko, the original name of Lagos, was in the 18th century. Using doctrinal method, the paper found that Lagos, not unlike many Nigerian cities, is shrouded in controversies and conflicts which could only be resolved by new legislation and orientation. The project of correcting the observed anomaly of bifurcated citizenship in Lagos is however beyond the city. It must embrace the whole of Nigeria. Hence, the relevant laws need to be updated towards permitting citizens to claim their place of birth or residence once they are able to assimilate the ways of life of the indigenous population, as this will resolve the legal and identity crises currently endangering the megacity; and help in reducing primordial attitude.
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Pub Date : 2020-09-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a8
M. Shopola, R. Mukonza
{"title":"Inter-Governmental Relations in Mopani District Municipality, South Africa – An Empirical Review","authors":"M. Shopola, R. Mukonza","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"17 1","pages":"149-165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45397500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a5
Michael I. Ugwueze, Ikpechukwuka E. Ibenekwu, C. Okonkwo, I. E. Iwundu, V. Onah
{"title":"Countering the Dismemberment Narrative of Biafra Secessionist Agitations in Nigeria","authors":"Michael I. Ugwueze, Ikpechukwuka E. Ibenekwu, C. Okonkwo, I. E. Iwundu, V. Onah","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44395687","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a15
Isaac S. Emmanuel, S. Olaniran
{"title":"Federalism and Sustainable Development in Nigeria","authors":"Isaac S. Emmanuel, S. Olaniran","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a15","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a15","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43247901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a6
I. Nuwagaba, M. Lukamba
{"title":"Extrapolating the Quality of Election Projects in Africa: A Contextual Analysis of Electoral Project Governance in Mukono Municipality, Uganda","authors":"I. Nuwagaba, M. Lukamba","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"17 1","pages":"111-131"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43269433","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a2
Chinaza Uleanya
{"title":"Ubuntu in the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the African Society","authors":"Chinaza Uleanya","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44091923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a4
Grace Muremela, A. Kutame, I. Kapueja, K. Lawrence
{"title":"Challenges of Retaining Qualified Scarce Skills Subject Teachers in Rural Secondary Schools: Lens of Stakeholders in Mutale District, Limpopo","authors":"Grace Muremela, A. Kutame, I. Kapueja, K. Lawrence","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"17 1","pages":"73-88"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42714286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a14
Bessie Mogoro, K. Odeku
{"title":"Paradigm Shift from Criminalisation to Constitutional Legal Protection for the use of Cannabis in South Africa: Issues and Perspectives","authors":"Bessie Mogoro, K. Odeku","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a14","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a14","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45787081","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a3
P. Munzhedzi
{"title":"Analysing the Efficacy of Actors and their Roles in the Municipal Planning and Implementation Processes in the Limpopo Province","authors":"P. Munzhedzi","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"17 1","pages":"47-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43967848","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2020-09-15DOI: 10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a7
Ngozi Okpara
{"title":"From Habermas to Achebe: Ethical Issues of Political Discourse in Nigeria’s National Assembly (2015-2017)","authors":"Ngozi Okpara","doi":"10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.31920/2516-5305/2020/17n3a7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37170,"journal":{"name":"African Renaissance","volume":"17 1","pages":"133-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41985739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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