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RWI Coordinator Discusses Social Accountability and Good Governance in New Book

In June, the World Bank published Demanding Good Governance: Lessons from Social Accountability Initiatives in Africa (pdf)—a collection of case studies from across the continent that showcases citizen campaigns to enhance government accountability and transparency. Revenue Watch Institute's Dauda Garuba and co-author John G. Ikubaje contributed a chapter, "The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency…See More

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RWI Coordinator Discusses Social Accountability and Good Governance in New Book

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Halliburton, Bribes and the Deceit of 'Zero-Tolerance' for Corruption in Nigeria - By Dauda Garuba

Though Halliburton made history recently when Halliburton and its former subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) agreed to the largest corruption settlement ever paid by a U.S. company under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)—$579 million—their historic guilty plea is only the latest in a string of high-level bribery cases involving payments from multinationals to secure contracts in Nigeria and elsewhere around the globe.1The scandal concerned $180 million that was funneled to…See More

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Chijioke Kelechi IWUAMADI left a comment for Dauda Garuba

My Prof, good to hear from you. We are doing fine... You just abandon your boy all this while... im sure u are doing great... cheers!!! hope to hear from u soon...

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O boy, so you dey here? Just to say hi. My regards to your wife. Dauda

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Job Title:: Nigeria Programme Coordinator

Organisation Name:: Revenue Watch Institute (RWI)

Organisation Type:: Other

Sectors/Areas of expertise:: Monitoring and Evaluation, Accountability and Partnerships

Please provide additional details on your areas of expertise:: Dauda Garuba is the Nigerian Program Coordinator for Revenue Watch Institute (RWI). He manages the Institute’s engagement with civil society partners in the Niger Delta, as well as provides technical support to the Bayelsa State Government on its Bayelsa Expenditure and Income Transparency Initiative (BEITI). Prior to joining RWI, he has worked in several places and capacities, the very last being as Senior Programme Officer in Governance, Security and Development (GSD) at the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD). He has an extensive work experience on Oil and the Niger Delta question on which his on-going doctoral degree thesis is focused. He had represented CDD on the Steering Committee of Publish What You Pay (PWYP) Nigeria between 2005 and 2007, and from July to October 2008. He was also National Civil Society representative on the Monitoring and Evaluation Team that collaborated with the Office of the Senior Special Assistant to Nigeria’s President on the Millennium Development Goals (OSSAP-MDGs) to assess projects financed through the Debt Relief Gain (DRG) under the 2006 Budget.

Dauda has a West Africa-wide work experience on policy-oriented research, capacity-building and advocacy on questions of democratic governance and development, Peace and Security, and Security Sector Reform (SSR). Besides participating in numerous local and international scientific research and special missions, Dauda is also widely published in reputable local and international research outlets. He is co-author of two books titled: Democracy, Oil and Politics in the Niger Delta: Linking Citizens’ Perception with Policy Reform (2007) and Governance and Institution-building in Nigeria: A Study of the Independent National Electoral Commission - INEC (2008 & 2010). He is a Laureate/Fellow of a number of reputable institutions, including being the Council for the Development of Social Science Research Council in Africa (CODESRIA) Laureate, Harry Frank Guggenheim/African Association of Political Science Young Scholar and the Graduate Institute of International Studies (Geneva) Young Scholar.

Dauda’s research and development work interests are in governance democracy and development, political economy, peace and security, security sector reform and transparency and accountability in natural resource management.

Languages Spoken Fluently:: English

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RWI Coordinator Discusses Social Accountability and Good Governance in New Book

In June, the World Bank published Demanding Good Governance: Lessons from Social Accountability Initiatives in Africa (pdf)—a collection of case studies from across the continent that showcases citizen campaigns to enhance government accountability and transparency. Revenue Watch Institute's Dauda Garuba and co-author John G. Ikubaje contributed a chapter, "The…

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Posted on October 31, 2010 at 6:30pm

Halliburton, Bribes and the Deceit of 'Zero-Tolerance' for Corruption in Nigeria - By Dauda Garuba

Though Halliburton made history recently when Halliburton and its former subsidiary Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR) agreed to the largest corruption settlement ever paid by a U.S. company under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA)—$579 million—their historic guilty plea is only the latest in a string of high-level bribery cases involving payments from multinationals to secure contracts in Nigeria and elsewhere around the globe.1

The scandal concerned $180 million that was… Continue

Posted on August 26, 2010 at 9:30am

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