Tunji Olaopa

Why Governments Depend Less on Local Researchers in Nigeria

Speaking ex tempore can be quite challenging especially when the issue you are raising is…

Why Nigerian Governments Pay Lip Service to Civil Service Reforms

In all functional democracies across the world, from the OECD countries to the continent of…

Generalist-Professional Controversy in the Civil Service: Reform Options for Nigeria

In this piece, I want to pay critical attention to the reform significance of the…

Olaopa Charts Path to Development  as University Teacher Okunade Turns 70

The Chairman of the Federal Civil Service Commission ( FCSC) on Wednesday gave insight into…

IBB in the Annals of Civil Service Reforms in Nigeria

The autobiography is a most delicate, complex and indeed disruptive art form. It is the…

Bringing Political Science back into Public Administration Praxis in Nigeria

When the politics-administration dichotomy inaugurated the practice of public administration, what was intended was a…

Trends Shaping Public Service Future, Its Reforms and Discourse

This piece is one of the technical notes that I used in some seminal conversations…

Yayale Ahmed: Filling Gaps in Nigeria’s Administrative Reform History

This piece was meant to be my address and reflection during a planned courtesy visit…

Afe Babalola and Dele Farotimi: On Justice, a Just Society and the Nigerian State

The feud between elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola and civil right activist, Mr. Dele Farotimi,…

Nigeria’s Civil Service Commissions, the “Katsina Declaration” and Its Reform Implications

From November 25 to 28, 2024, the Katsina State government hosted the annual conference of…