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Beyond Duplication: Building Stronger Institutions

By Fred Nwaozor Nigeria’s law-enforcement institutions remain central to the protection of lives, property, public resources and the rule of law. However, concerns about overlapping mandates, institutional weaknesses, inadequate coordination and the cost of maintaining numerous agencies performing closely related functions have continued to generate debate. Strengthening these institutions should therefore go beyond increasing personnel or procuring equipment. It should involve structural reforms that improve effectiveness, accountability and public confidence. One important area for reform is the rationalisation of agencies with substantially overlapping responsibilities. The existence of several institutions dealing with corruption, financial crimes, economic offences and related misconduct can create duplication, jurisdictional confusion and unnecessary administrative expenditure. A carefully designed merger of related agencies could pr...

JUST IN: Angela Merkel to Step Down in 2021



The Germany's Chancellor, Mrs. Angela Merkel has said she would step down as the country's leader in 2021, following recent election setbacks.

Mrs. Merkel who assumed duty in 2005 as the German Chancellor disclosed to a news conference in Berlin, "I will not be seeking any political post after my term ends."

She also said she would not seek re-election as leader of the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU) party in December 2018. It's noteworthy that she has held the post since 2000.

Rostrum gathered that the CDU was severely weakened in the Sunday's poll in the state of Hesse, the latest in a series of setbacks.

 

Both the CDU and its national coalition partners, the Social Democrats were 10 percentage points down on the previous poll in the said area.

The election comes just weeks after Mrs. Merkel's Bavarian sister party, the CSU, suffered huge losses in a state parliament vote.

Parties like the left-leaning Greens and the far-right, anti-immigration AfD have grown in national support following the 2017 general elections, as backing for the major centre parties has waned.

The 64-year-old Mrs. Merkel may however be retiring to Hamburg where she hails from, after her tenure's expiration.  
Fred Nwaozor, popularly known as TheMediaAmbassador, is a Nigerian tech expert, author, creative & content writer, media strategist, policy analyst, blogger, public speaker and rights activist. The renowned columnist regularly writes for the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), and is the Founder & Convener of Right Thinkers Movement (RITMO), Nigeria. He's a chartered industrial physicist, engineer and IT personnel. As a media guru, he enjoys an active presence in all media segments - including electronic, print & online - since two decades ago till date. As a full-time researcher and educator, he's a regular contributor and peer reviewer for various internationally-noted engineering journals. As Telecommunications and Automation engineer, his research interest mainly lies in System Modelling, Internet of Things (IoT), Smart city, Cybersecurity, Wireless networks, and Machine Learning (ML).