Nnamdi Azikiwe Journal of Political Science

Gender and Peacebuilding in Nigeria: Exploring Women’s Engagement, Contributions, and Risks

2025-06-10T13:00:41-07:00

Rising reports of violent conflicts across the world have necessitated calls and advocacy to promote gender perspectives in conflict resolution and peacebuilding initiatives. This is to ensure that both men and women have an equal opportunity to be an integral part of peacebuilding processes and decision-making. The study adopted a qualitative approach, utilised secondary data, and in-depth key informant interviews with a diverse representation of women and policy experts across the six geographical regions of Nigeria to capture their perspectives and lived experiences on women's roles in peacebuilding. Using a feminist peace theoretical lens, the paper examines the gender dynamics of peacebuilding in Nigeria, focusing on the contribution of women in promoting peace in informal sectors and challenges to their meaningful engagement. It argues that while the involvement of both men and women is relevant to peacebuilding, the conflict management processes in Nigeria have largely been confrontational and male-dominated without fully utilizing women’s unique roles, skills, and experiences in promoting security and peace. The study recommends various institutional, and policy interventions to integrate women, utilise their skills and recognise their contributions to Nigeria’s peacebuilding initiatives.

Empirical Comparison of Crude Oil Production of Africa’s Oil Producing Countries with the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), 2012-2019

2025-07-04T17:54:15-07:00

The aim of the study was to compare crude oil production of Africa’s oil producing countries for the period 2012 and 20219. The study has established that Africa’s oil producing countries have put up an impressive performance in the area of crude oil production. However, these countries have failed to leverage on their local refineries to meet domestic consumption needs. Over reliance on imported refined oil is not healthy in times of global contingencies. The large export of crude oil by the Africa’s oil producing countries and their inability to embark on aggressive local refining and processing of most of the crude oil produced in their domestic economies for the generation of more employment and wealth for their citizens that forms the motivation for this study. The study is a qualitative one where document studies was adopted in generating data from secondary sources such as academic journals, bulletins, textbooks, scholarly papers, and internet materials. The generated data was analyzed through critical discourse method. The study recommends that political leaderships of these countries should export less or no crude oil, but should rely on strategic local thinking for the local refining of all the crude oil produced in their domestic economies.