Episode 72 – Recovered loots and Nigeria’s anti-corruption campaign
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Dr. Michael Nwankpa discusses about the Recovered loots and Nigeria’s anti-corruption campaign with Dr. Tolu Olarewaju.
Dr Tolu Olarewaju has made major contributions to the field of anti-corruption research and education over 13 years, advancing both academic understanding and practical applications in contexts like Nigeria and other low- and middle-income nations.
Motivated by his Nigerian heritage and a desire to combat the poverty and inefficiency caused by corruption, he has spearheaded projects that examine government budgetary corruption, demonstrating how information and communication technology (ICT) can be used to promote transparency and accountability. This work has helped reveal the intricacies of corruption in the Nigerian budgeting process, especially through the vague specifications, abandonment, and under-delivery of budgeted projects that favor political elites.
About the Podcast
The Conflict & Development in Africa podcast brings experts from Africa and the world as guests to discuss critical conflict and development issues that affect Africa. Our guests include practitioners, academics, journalists, researchers, policy makers and advocates that are renowned and are nationally and internationally recognized for their work, expertise and contribution to conflict and development issues in Africa. Our audience includes policy makers, governments, researchers, students, businesses and anyone that is interested in conflict and development issues in Africa.
About the Host
Dr Michael Nwankpa has an extensive experience spanning over a decade studying, researching, writing and consulting on conflict and development issues in Africa.
Michael Nwankpa has a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Roehampton, London, UK. He has held several research fellowships including as a Rice University Fellow and a terrorism research Fellow (past) at the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Response to Terrorism (START), University of Maryland. He is currently a fellow at the Royal United Service Institute for Defense and Security Studies (RUSI) and a research fellow at the Geneva-based Centre on Armed Groups. Dr. Nwankpa has extensive experience studying counterterrorism and counterinsurgency strategies, advising relevant government development departments and security agencies, and consulting for multilateral organizations. Michael is the author of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic, 1999-2021: A Militarized Democracy (Routledge 2022) and co-author of the seminal work on Boko Haram, The Boko Haram Reader: From Nigerian Preachers to the Islamic State (Oxford University Press/Hurst 2018). He has written several articles and is currently working on three book projects.