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Slums Development in Ghana, Debates on Eradication and Upgrading: A Necessary Highlight on Abinkyi
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2023
Pages:
1-8
Received:
4 July 2022
Accepted:
23 July 2022
Published:
9 February 2023
Abstract: Slum policies in Africa have mostly focused on the demolition and destruction of inhabitants' property. In Ghana, for example, various governments over the years have embarked on slum destruction without relocation. During Alfred Oko Vandapuije's tenure as Accra Mayor, he also implemented the policy of widespread destruction without relocation. The government of Ghana in 2020 undertook a huge demolition effort in Old Fadama as a strategy to combat the spread of COVID-19, with reports indicating that over 1000 slum dwellers were made homeless as a result of this activity. The primary reason of such wholesale destruction can be attributed to poor urban planning. Proponents of demolition contended that it is required for a variety of reasons, including elimination of criminals and beautifying the city, health concerns among others. This paper argued that the government's attitude toward slum clearance in Africa, and particularly in Ghana, has resulted in two schools of thought within the geography of academics and policy making, one believes in full eradication, while the other believes in incremental upgrading as a solution to slum clearance. Scholars have paid less attention to the importance of this debate especially in Ghana. As a result, the goal of this paper is to identify the optimal strategy to put into effect by analyzing both primary and secondary data.
Abstract: Slum policies in Africa have mostly focused on the demolition and destruction of inhabitants' property. In Ghana, for example, various governments over the years have embarked on slum destruction without relocation. During Alfred Oko Vandapuije's tenure as Accra Mayor, he also implemented the policy of widespread destruction without relocation. The...
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Effect of Strong Passport on Economic Growth: How African Politics Have Incapacitated Their Passports
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2023
Pages:
9-15
Received:
24 January 2023
Accepted:
21 February 2023
Published:
3 March 2023
Abstract: African states and few Asian nations accepted an inferior position by allowing their citizens to seek visas when they want to travel to western countries, while their peers from western nations can enter the said nations at a will. The problem is that Africans did not reciprocate the demands of visa requirement by westerners. The article will disseminate how African passports became useless at the expenses of western countries and how they mint billions of dollars from the wealthy citizens of the world who seek these strong passports to enable them travel for leisure and business purposes without deterrent. Thus sabotaging the economy of African countries. The study found that top 40 African countries in terms of their population have an average passport rank of 90, which means that these 40 most populous countries can access only 58 countries without visa. These 40 African countries have an average population of 32.7 million, and average land area of 726,801km2. On the same note, forty top European countries in terms of population have an average population of 14.8 million, and land area mean of 147,085. But these European countries have average passport rank of 16, and average access without visa of 172 countries. This means that African countries do not reciprocate visa conditions in the European countries meaning that they allow European citizens to enter visa free in their countries, while African citizens have to struggle in order to get European visas.
Abstract: African states and few Asian nations accepted an inferior position by allowing their citizens to seek visas when they want to travel to western countries, while their peers from western nations can enter the said nations at a will. The problem is that Africans did not reciprocate the demands of visa requirement by westerners. The article will disse...
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The October 2020 #EndSARS Protest and the Transformation of the Nigerian State
Issue:
Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2023
Pages:
16-29
Received:
3 February 2023
Accepted:
27 February 2023
Published:
9 March 2023
Abstract: On October 8, 2020, sequel to a viral video where a young Nigerian was shot and dragged out of a vehicle by officials of SARS, who drove off with the vehicle; Nigerian youths trooped to the streets of Lagos and Abuja etc.; within days it has spread throughout Southern Nigerian with the youths demanding for the end of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) with the hastag: #EndSARS. Within two weeks it had metamorphosed to a number of other hashtags: #EndBadGovernment, #EndCorruption, #LekkiMassacre and others. On October 20, 2020, soldiers of the Nigerian Army, confronted the protesters at the Lekki Toll Gate, Lagos and opened fire point blank on Flag waving and National Anthem singing young Nigerians, killing scores of them. This drew condemnation and outcry in Nigeria and all over the world. Given that the extra-judicial killing of Yusuf Mohammed in 2007 triggered off the Boko Haram insurgency and the killings of IPOB members has also militarised IPOB: killed two DSS officials in Enugu, five Soldiers and scores of police personnel in Obigbo during the post-#EndSARS riot. This paper using the Marxian Post-Colonial State Theory, argues that the method of the #EndSARS protest; its non-visible collegiate leadership and the involvement of young people who are not under and influenced by the commodity mediating Nigerian post-colonial state, will lead to the resolution of the contradiction of the Nigerian state: from a Post-colonial state to a more inclusive state. The study used the qualitative method of study, with secondary data collection and content analysis to analyse data generated.
Abstract: On October 8, 2020, sequel to a viral video where a young Nigerian was shot and dragged out of a vehicle by officials of SARS, who drove off with the vehicle; Nigerian youths trooped to the streets of Lagos and Abuja etc.; within days it has spread throughout Southern Nigerian with the youths demanding for the end of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad ...
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