Browsing by Author "Braimah, Frederick I."

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    Challenges of Human Capital Flight to Economic Development in Nigeria
    (International Journal Of Novel Research And Development, 2024-08) Adu, Funmilayo M.; Braimah, Frederick I.; Femi-Akinlosotu, Oreoluwa S.
    Human capital flight remains one of the most important indices that negatively impact development amongst developing nations. In Nigeria, capital flight of medical personnel has intensified since the decade of the 1980s, with causal factors such as infrastructural decay of government owned medical facilities, poor remuneration, insecurity amongst other debilitating factors that has bedeviled the nation’s economic growth. This paper posits that Human capital flight of medical personnel negatively impacts developmental indices and slow down the Gross domestic product of the country. How can Nigeria curb the migration of its trained professionals and revert the brain emigration to create an enabling environment for developmental growth? This is a focal point of research interrogation for this paper. The study adopts both primary and secondary sources to generate data for substantiation of the research postulations. The study adopted the neoclassical macroeconomic and microeconomic theory and dependency theory. It is discovered that the frequent migration of medical personnel is a result of push factors such as; poor condition of service, negative socio-political environment, insecurity, poor remuneration and decaying medical infrastructure, and pull factors of developed nations includes; good security, better working conditions and remuneration, and better welfarist package with social security advantages. It is a conclusive postulation therefore, that an address of the social conditions of medical facilities and a good welfarist package with governmental intervention in the nation’s woes will arrest the negative trend. It is further suggested that a holistic reformation of the entire health sector and an address of the trending socio-political cum economic indices will go a long way to positively reorder the situation and promote development.
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    Resurging Prebendalism, Clientelism and Candidate Endorsement Syndrome: A Critique of the 2019 Presidential Election in Nigeria
    (Adeleke University Journal of Business and Social Sciences (AUJBSS), 2023) Adefisoye, Taiwo O.; Braimah, Frederick I.
    Before the 2019 presidential election, Nigeria’s political landscape was besieged by a series of candidate endorsements from various religious, socio-cultural, political, and professional groups. The candidacy of the incumbent President, Muhammadu Buhari of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and that of a former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) enjoyed unprecedented mind-bugling and staggering endorsements. This occurred despite strong concerns/criticisms on the likely performance of the incumbent, the dismal records, and the issue of integrity of the main challenger. The questions this paper raise therefore are: were the various endorsements made based on the credibility, integrity, performance, and track records of the two main candidates, or were they based on a clientelist, prebendal, and patronage system, which have characterised politics/political contests in the country? Did such endorsements emerge from a rational, apolitical, and objective assessment of the two candidates? Besides, did those endorsements have any significant effect on the outcomes of the election? To answer these questions, Rational Choice was used as the theoretical anchorage, while a survey design with a mixed-method approach was adopted. An online questionnaire was administered to fifty respondents purposively drawn from a population that comprised academics, professionals, members of civil society organisations and students to generate primary data. Secondary data were sourced from books, journal articles, newspapers, and media commentaries. Results showed that the majority of the endorsements were not objective; rather, they were based on political manoeuvres/patronage, religious, ethnic, and tribal sentiments among other factors. This reflects that personal or group’s material benefits are placed over performance in the country’s political arena.
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    Vote Buying as Voter Logistics? A Critical Discourse of 2024 Off-Cycle Elections in Nigeria
    (African Journal of Politics and Administrative Studies (AJPAS), 2025) Braimah, Frederick I.; Fajimbola, Joshua O.
    This study critically examines the trend of vote buying in Nigeria, specifically during the 2024 off-cycle elections in Edo and Ondo States. Grounded in clientelism and rational choice theories, it explores how voter logistics — including transport and food — are used as veiled forms of inducement. The study, based on secondary data and analyzed using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), finds that poverty, institutional weakness, and political patronage foster vote buying. Recommendations include stronger legal enforcement, increased funding for voter education, and reforms to deter vote trading.