Antonia Simbine

Antonia Simbine is a Nigerian professor of Political science and the first female Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER).

Quotes

• Our research thus far provides us with some understanding of why traditional approaches to stemming corrupt practices, including detection-based technical fixes, investigation, prosecution and sanctions have recorded little success. We now understand corruption to be a complex-adaptive problem, hence our leaning towards behavioural solutions.
  • Her speech during NISER’s Actualising Behaviour Change (ABC) programme in Ibadan

• ABC Series’ is one of the communication and dissemination platforms for research.
  • ABC Series as a platform

• This is a bureaucratic system that espouses a hybrid form of colonial structures, elements of political offices that service a presidential system of government and yet, components of traditional systems.
  • Intervention designed around a three-year cycle

• Both men and women should be able to engage with the government they elect.
  • Choosing of government by both gender

• The Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill serves as a legislative vehicle to drive the agenda for a more inclusive society. Gender inequality is a major hindrance to our progress, affecting not only democracy but also our socioeconomic growth, which should be the ultimate goal of any democratic system.
  • Gender and Equal Opportunities Bill

• We need to understand the behavioral aspects of corruption, including how it relates differently to men and women.
  • Advising anti-corruption agencies

• When encountering corruption in public settings, how do people behave? This is a critical area for examination.
  • Critical analysis of corruption