Interagency collaboration and the management of counter-insurgency campaigns against Boko Haram in Nigeria

Ikeanyibe, Okey Marcellus; Olise, Charles Nnamdi; Isah, Abdulrouf; Emeh, Ikechukwu Eke

doi:10.1057/s41284-020-00237-3

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“…Second, this situation further augments the crucial influence of bureaucratic leaders in IIS in the developing countries. Third, the embeddedness of IIS in the broader political environment is another situational context for developing countries as also evidence in Nigeria (Ikeanyibe et al , 2020). Fourth, creating awareness and public participation of the IIS becomes even more crucial because public support carries political precedent that can eventually affect the continuity of ICTs initiatives.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…However, our findings identified five unique contexts and situational factors. First, the embeddedness of agencies in rigid bureaucratic and autocratic structure complicate the interactions and collaboration in IIS; such as promoting jurisdiction conflicts, which are also challenges for IIS in China (Mu, de Jong and Koppenjan, 2019; Christensen and Ma, 2020), in Korea (Kim et al , 2020) or Nigeria (Ikeanyibe et al , 2020). Second, this situation further augments the crucial influence of bureaucratic leaders in IIS in the developing countries.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The majority of developing countries, especially lacking in terms of privacy or security laws and regulations (Shalhoub, 2006), lack of technological expertise in developing countries leads to difficulties in performing activities to ensure information security (Coertze and von Solms, 2012). Additionally, society participation, public visibility and political pressure affect the continuity of the IIS project, including funding continuity as evidenced in the case of the Republic of Korea (Kim et al , 2020) and Nigeria (Ikeanyibe et al , 2020).…”

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Challenges and critical factors of interagency information sharing in Indonesia

Sayogo

Yuli

Wiyono

2020

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the challenges and critical factors of interagency information sharing (IIS) from the perspectives of technology, organization, policy and public participation in a developing country. Design/methodology/approach This study conducted a case study encompassing documentation analysis and in-depth semi-structured interviews of 15 public managers and other public officials in the Regency of Bojonegoro, Indonesia. Findings The findings demonstrate that addressing factors residing in organizational and policy and regulations challenges are critical and should precede the needs of technology. The findings also identified three factors affecting IIS in a developing country. First, the embeddedness of agencies in rigid bureaucratic and autocratic structure complicates the collaboration in IIS, such as promoting jurisdiction conflicts. Second, this study identifies the crucial influence of top executives on every activity in IIS, including resolving conflicts. Finally, political instability augments the crucial function of creating public awareness and participation. Public awareness and participation become more critical because public support carries political precedent that eventually affects the continuity of ICTs initiatives. Research limitations/implications Owing to the chosen research approach, the research results may lack generalizability beyond Indonesia. Furthermore, this research design did not specify the interviewees to rank and prioritize the challenges and critical factors, nor that the authors ask for the strategy to alleviate the challenges. Practical implications The challenges of data management engender practical implication in which public managers should focus more on communicating and socializing, as well as providing training on the importance of data and the new technology not only early in the phase of the project but also during the implementation. Furthermore, in the effort to ensure the continuity of the project, public managers could continuously nurture public participation and spark public interest through the use of social media. Originality/value Many studies on the challenges of implementing IIS focusing in developed countries might overlook the possible distinctive challenges affecting the adoption of IIS by the government in developing countries. This study identified several unique contexts and critical situational factors affecting interagency information sharing pertinent to a developing country.

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Section: Determinants and Challenges Of Interagency Information Sharingmentioning

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Challenges and critical factors of interagency information sharing in Indonesia

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Yuli

Wiyono

2020

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“…As Michael Ugwueze and Freedom Onuoha rightly identified, the absence of soft power approach/dimension to the hard-power-dominated counter-terrorism measures has remained one of the major challenges confronting the Nigerian state in its effort to defeat Boko Haram insurgency even with military force (Ugwueze & Onuoha 2020). The Smart power model, therefore, is a hybrid of the interagency corroboration that Okechukwu Ikeanyibe et al passionately advocate for in the management of counter-insurgency campaigns against Boko Haram in Nigeria (Ikeanyibe et al 2020).…”

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Strange Bedfellows: Relations between International Nongovernmental Organisations and Military Actors in Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism in Northeast Nigeria

Ezeibe

Mbaigbo

Okafor

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Previous studies have examined the impact of the relationship between international nongovernmental organisations and the military on peacekeeping operations and humanitarian programming. However, how relations between international nongovernmental organisations and military actors affect preventing/countering of violent extremism has not been central to existing debates. By using the qualitative-dominant mixed methods approach, this paper investigates relations between these actors in Northeast Nigeria and argues that the dynamic interactions between international nongovernmental organisations and the military largely breed mistrust and conflict between them. This undermines the capacity of international nongovernmental organisations to prevent/counter violent extremism. The paper concludes that mutual respect for the operational procedures of the military and international nongovernmental organisations in the Northeast is relevant for an enhanced relationship between them and sustainable preventing/countering violent extremism programming in Nigeria and beyond.

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“…Thus, services required by a client may require activity of different agencies, which may proceeding concurrently or sequentially and not necessarily jointly. What matters in collaborative activity therefore is unity of purpose rather than unity of action.and strength of cooperation (Ikeanyibe, Olise, Abdulrouf and Emeh, 2020). Beyond the issue of working together in any form, interagency delivery system requires that organizations develop agility to deal with mandates either individually or collaboratively.…”

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Inter-Agency Delivery System

Ikeanyibe

Ugwu

Obioji

2021

International Journal of Public Administration in the Digital Age

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This paper examines the effect of inter-agency delivery systems on the agility of public sector organizations and ease of doing business. The empirical focus is the Nigerian public sector, in relation to the implications of the recent Executive Order regarding how Ministries, Agencies and Departments (MDAs) should operate towards improving the ease of doing business .The study finds that poor inter-organizational linkages in terms of Information and Communication Technology, ICT, and poor interagency collaborative structures constitute serious challenges to the realization of organizational agility and ease of doing business. The paper suggests further investment in establishing a comprehensive government database accessible by various government agencies and enhancing social networking among public agencies through strong ICT and e-governance infrastructure development. By implication, the study reveals that the use of Executive Orders to address fundamental economic and administrative challenges appears perfunctory and superficial without strong ICT support.

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Interagency collaboration and the management of counter-insurgency campaigns against Boko Haram in Nigeria

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Challenges and critical factors of interagency information sharing in Indonesia

Challenges and critical factors of interagency information sharing in Indonesia

Strange Bedfellows: Relations between International Nongovernmental Organisations and Military Actors in Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism in Northeast Nigeria

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