Scholars from different parts of the country will on February 1 and 2 meet in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at a conference on how Nigerians will enjoy dividends of democracy at all levels of government. The organisers of the conference, Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy, hoped the parley would enable governments to “reconnect effectively with the people again, as it used to in the decade before and after Independence, as facilitator of development beyond the ‘ritual’ of policy declarations”. A statement by the school’s Director of Strategy, Mr. Christopher Edeimu, said the conference would hold at the International Conference Centre of the University of Ibadan (UI).
Edeimu said the conference would also discuss how government could bond with the people.
He said: “Is it time to go back to the basics of government and see how government can be made to effectively bond with and tap from the energies, resources, commitment and needs of its citizens to govern all of its peoples again. These concerns touch on aspects of the notion of ‘governmentality’.”
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