Executive
Sylvester Odion AKHAINE
Bio-data:
Place of Birth: Ekpoma, Edo State
Date of Birth: 12 th April 1964
Marital Status : Married
Qualifications:
• Certificate Advanced Writing and Specialised Reporting, Nigerian Institute of Journalism.
B.A (Hons.) History, University of Lagos, 1992
M.A History and Diplomacy, Lagos State University, 1997/1998.
Ph.D in Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2004
Working Experience :
Stringer, Arts Desk, The Guardian Newspaper, 1988-1994.
Project Executive, Minosi Communications, Lagos, 1993.
Secretary for Research and Publication Committee for the Defence of Human Rights, 1994-1998.
Executive Director, Centre for Constitutionalism and Demilitarisation, December 1998 to date.
Project Supervisor, International Language Centre, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2004.
Elected Positions:
Public Relations Officer National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), 1990-1991.
General Secretary, Campaign for Democracy, 1994-1998
Joint Secretary, United Action Democracy, 1997-1998
General Secretary, United Action Democracy, 1998-2002.
Selected International Conferences Attended
• World Conference on Internet Communications Technology and Democracy, organized by Institute of Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA) Stockholm, Sweden, 2001
• Conference on Constitutionalism on Eastern Africa, organized by Kituo Cha Katiba, Arusha, Tanzania, 2001
• Conference on Towards a New Global Political Economy of Development: Globalization and Governance, Political Economy Research Centre, University of Sheffield, United Kingdom, 2002
• Conference on the New Partnership for African development (NEPAD) External and Internal Visions, Centre for African studies, University of Edinburgh, United kingdom, 2002.
• Conference on State Borders and Nations: Negotiating Citizenship in Africa, Centre of African studies, University of Edinburgh, United kingdom, May 2004.
• Review of African Political Economy Conference, Birmingham, September 2003.
Some recent newspapers essays
• The New Dictatorship, Tell , July 7, 2003
• The Ethicity of Democracy, The Guardian , December 29, 2003
• Building on our Democracy, The Guardian , August 17, 2003
• The Coming Anarchy, Tell , April 5, 2004
• Waiting for Fascism, Insider weekly . November 1, 2004
Some selected journal essays:
The Concepts of Demilitarisation,The Constitution . Vol. 1, No. 1, September 2000, pp.1-7.
The Concept of Constitutionalism and the imperatives for a Constitutional Groundwork in Nigeria, The Constitution , Vol. 1, No. 2, December 2000, pp. 62-71.
Babangida Regime and the Growth of Authoritarianism in Nigeria,The Constitution , Vol. 1, No. 3, March 2001, pp. 83-96.
Globalization and Its Contradictions,Massline, Vol. IV, No.1, 2002., pp. 11-15.
Award/Honour
Nominee John Humphrey Freedom Award 2004
Stanford University Fellow on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law, 2005.
Books Published and Edited
Our Colony , Panaf Press, Lagos, 1998.
Another Woman of Substance , Panaf Press, Lagos, 2001.
The Commonwealth and Democratization in Nigeria, in Modupeolu Faseke, ed., Nigeria and the Commonwealth: Reflections and Projections , JSEP, Lagos, 2003.
Edited Books
Thoughts in Demilitarisation , Centre for Constitutionalism and Demilitarisation, Lagos, 2000.
Constitutionalism and National Question , Centre for Constitutionalism and Demilitarisation, Lagos, 2000.
Path to Demilitarisation and Democratic Consolidation in West Africa , Centre for Constitutionalism and Demilitarisation, Lagos, 2001.
Globalization, United Nations and the Fringe Players , Centre for Constitutionalism and Demilitarisation, Lagos, 2001. (Listed in the Longman's Bibliography on Economics)
Current Research areas
Democracy and Human Rights Diplomacy
Political Economy
Corporate Governance
Governance and Demilitarisation
Outstanding Project Implemented
A Ford Foundation supported Governance Training Programme in Nigeria's South-East, South-South and North-Central zones. (2002 2004).