The Founders Day Lecture has from inception provided a veritable platform for Scholars and Jurists alike to engage the general public on contemporary issues of concern to the Nigerian State. This 40th Anniversary Lecture has in keeping with the academic traditions of the Institute focused on the Quest for Good Governance in Nigeria. While acknowledging the existence of published works on the subject, the author differentiates his approach from others, by looking beyond law in finding solutions to Nigerias quest for good governance.

The author contends that for good governance to emerge, the political process must be-participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable inclusive and anti-corruption oriented. He presents a historical perspective to the evolution of good governance in Nigeria; Good Governance Principles under the 1999 Constitution, Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy and discusses laws such as: The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission Act 2000, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. The author also considered International efforts toward enthroning good governance such as the African Peer Review Mechanism, the U S Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, International Standards Organisations (ISO) Initiatives amongst other initiatives. In keeping with his resolve to explore other non-legal options, the author examines other Initiatives such as Ideas and Advocacy for Good Governance, Good Governance Policies under the Current Dispensation, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Electing Leaders with Competence, electing a Leader with Integrity, Electing a Visionary Leader, Integrity of the Electoral Process, and Immunity Clause.

Professor Oserheimen Osumbor is an eminent and accomplished scholar, administrator, legislator and Politician. He is not just eminently qualified to deliver the 40th Anniversary Founders Day Lecture, but also uniquely experienced to examine the plethora of issues that underpin Nigerias quest for good governance. He has approached the subject with forthrightness and characteristic candor of one, who has seen it all. His depth of scholarship will no doubt make the Lecture a befitting addition to existing literature on the subject of good governance in Nigeria.

Professor Muhammed T. Ladan, PhD
Director General
Hubert Humphrey Fellow, USA
March 2020

The Founders Day Lecture has from inception provided a veritable platform for Scholars and Jurists alike to engage the general public on contemporary issues of concern to the Nigerian State. This 40th Anniversary Lecture has in keeping with the academic traditions of the Institute focused on the Quest for Good Governance in Nigeria. While acknowledging the existence of published works on the subject, the author differentiates his approach from others, by looking beyond law in finding solutions to Nigerias quest for good governance.

The author contends that for good governance to emerge, the political process must be-participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable inclusive and anti-corruption oriented. He presents a historical perspective to the evolution of good governance in Nigeria; Good Governance Principles under the 1999 Constitution, Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy and discusses laws such as: The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission Act 2000, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. The author also considered International efforts toward enthroning good governance such as the African Peer Review Mechanism, the U S Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, International Standards Organisations (ISO) Initiatives amongst other initiatives. In keeping with his resolve to explore other non-legal options, the author examines other Initiatives such as Ideas and Advocacy for Good Governance, Good Governance Policies under the Current Dispensation, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Electing Leaders with Competence, electing a Leader with Integrity, Electing a Visionary Leader, Integrity of the Electoral Process, and Immunity Clause.

Professor Oserheimen Osumbor is an eminent and accomplished scholar, administrator, legislator and Politician. He is not just eminently qualified to deliver the 40th Anniversary Founders Day Lecture, but also uniquely experienced to examine the plethora of issues that underpin Nigerias quest for good governance. He has approached the subject with forthrightness and characteristic candor of one, who has seen it all. His depth of scholarship will no doubt make the Lecture a befitting addition to existing literature on the subject of good governance in Nigeria.

Professor Muhammed T. Ladan, PhD
Director General
Hubert Humphrey Fellow, USA
March 2020

The Founders Day Lecture has from inception provided a veritable platform for Scholars and Jurists alike to engage the general public on contemporary issues of concern to the Nigerian State. This 40th Anniversary Lecture has in keeping with the academic traditions of the Institute focused on the Quest for Good Governance in Nigeria. While acknowledging the existence of published works on the subject, the author differentiates his approach from others, by looking beyond law in finding solutions to Nigerias quest for good governance.

The author contends that for good governance to emerge, the political process must be-participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable inclusive and anti-corruption oriented. He presents a historical perspective to the evolution of good governance in Nigeria; Good Governance Principles under the 1999 Constitution, Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy and discusses laws such as: The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission Act 2000, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. The author also considered International efforts toward enthroning good governance such as the African Peer Review Mechanism, the U S Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, International Standards Organisations (ISO) Initiatives amongst other initiatives. In keeping with his resolve to explore other non-legal options, the author examines other Initiatives such as Ideas and Advocacy for Good Governance, Good Governance Policies under the Current Dispensation, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Electing Leaders with Competence, electing a Leader with Integrity, Electing a Visionary Leader, Integrity of the Electoral Process, and Immunity Clause.

Professor Oserheimen Osumbor is an eminent and accomplished scholar, administrator, legislator and Politician. He is not just eminently qualified to deliver the 40th Anniversary Founders Day Lecture, but also uniquely experienced to examine the plethora of issues that underpin Nigerias quest for good governance. He has approached the subject with forthrightness and characteristic candor of one, who has seen it all. His depth of scholarship will no doubt make the Lecture a befitting addition to existing literature on the subject of good governance in Nigeria.

Professor Muhammed T. Ladan, PhD
Director General
Hubert Humphrey Fellow, USA
March 2020

The Founders Day Lecture has from inception provided a veritable platform for Scholars and Jurists alike to engage the general public on contemporary issues of concern to the Nigerian State. This 40th Anniversary Lecture has in keeping with the academic traditions of the Institute focused on the Quest for Good Governance in Nigeria. While acknowledging the existence of published works on the subject, the author differentiates his approach from others, by looking beyond law in finding solutions to Nigerias quest for good governance.

The author contends that for good governance to emerge, the political process must be-participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable inclusive and anti-corruption oriented. He presents a historical perspective to the evolution of good governance in Nigeria; Good Governance Principles under the 1999 Constitution, Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy and discusses laws such as: The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission Act 2000, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. The author also considered International efforts toward enthroning good governance such as the African Peer Review Mechanism, the U S Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, International Standards Organisations (ISO) Initiatives amongst other initiatives. In keeping with his resolve to explore other non-legal options, the author examines other Initiatives such as Ideas and Advocacy for Good Governance, Good Governance Policies under the Current Dispensation, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Electing Leaders with Competence, electing a Leader with Integrity, Electing a Visionary Leader, Integrity of the Electoral Process, and Immunity Clause.

Professor Oserheimen Osumbor is an eminent and accomplished scholar, administrator, legislator and Politician. He is not just eminently qualified to deliver the 40th Anniversary Founders Day Lecture, but also uniquely experienced to examine the plethora of issues that underpin Nigerias quest for good governance. He has approached the subject with forthrightness and characteristic candor of one, who has seen it all. His depth of scholarship will no doubt make the Lecture a befitting addition to existing literature on the subject of good governance in Nigeria.

Professor Muhammed T. Ladan, PhD
Director General
Hubert Humphrey Fellow, USA
March 2020

The Founders Day Lecture has from inception provided a veritable platform for Scholars and Jurists alike to engage the general public on contemporary issues of concern to the Nigerian State. This 40th Anniversary Lecture has in keeping with the academic traditions of the Institute focused on the Quest for Good Governance in Nigeria. While acknowledging the existence of published works on the subject, the author differentiates his approach from others, by looking beyond law in finding solutions to Nigerias quest for good governance.

The author contends that for good governance to emerge, the political process must be-participatory, consensus oriented, accountable, transparent, responsive, effective and efficient, equitable inclusive and anti-corruption oriented. He presents a historical perspective to the evolution of good governance in Nigeria; Good Governance Principles under the 1999 Constitution, Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy and discusses laws such as: The Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission Act 2000, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Act, and the Code of Conduct Bureau and Tribunal Act. The author also considered International efforts toward enthroning good governance such as the African Peer Review Mechanism, the U S Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, International Standards Organisations (ISO) Initiatives amongst other initiatives. In keeping with his resolve to explore other non-legal options, the author examines other Initiatives such as Ideas and Advocacy for Good Governance, Good Governance Policies under the Current Dispensation, Open Government Partnership (OGP), Electing Leaders with Competence, electing a Leader with Integrity, Electing a Visionary Leader, Integrity of the Electoral Process, and Immunity Clause.

Professor Oserheimen Osumbor is an eminent and accomplished scholar, administrator, legislator and Politician. He is not just eminently qualified to deliver the 40th Anniversary Founders Day Lecture, but also uniquely experienced to examine the plethora of issues that underpin Nigerias quest for good governance. He has approached the subject with forthrightness and characteristic candor of one, who has seen it all. His depth of scholarship will no doubt make the Lecture a befitting addition to existing literature on the subject of good governance in Nigeria.

Professor Muhammed T. Ladan, PhD
Director General
Hubert Humphrey Fellow, USA
March 2020