About Author

Said Adejumobi, PhD, is associate professor of political science. Dr. Adejumobi taught at the Lagos State University in Lagos, Nigeria for about two decades, and was formerly governance adviser of the ECOWAS Commission in Abuja, Nigeria. Dr. Adejumobi is currently chief of the Public Administration Section and coordinator of the Africa Governance Report (AGR) for the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Adebayo Olukoshi, PhD, is professor and executive secretary for the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) in Dakar, Senegal and the former director of research for the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs in Lagos, Nigeria.