Oludara Akanmidu

• PhD, Durham University
• Fellow at De Montfort University

Like many other common law countries, Nigeria imposes statutory, duties on its companies’ directors. Breaches of these duties, are expected to be enforced ‘privately’ by the company, its, shareholders or any other proper person. Despite this, evidence, suggests that in Nigeria there has been little enforcement of, directors’ duties. Consequently, t...

Company directors play an important role in society. Their activities have significant effects on the interests of their companies, shareholders and other stakeholders. Consequently, the law regards them as fiduciaries and imposes duties which set out behavioural expectations. The private enforcement regime is the primary mechanism adopted by many...

The issue of enforcement has concerned economists, legal practitioners and criminologists over the years. Where criminal conduct is concerned, enforcement is often considered necessary to punish current offenders and deter prospective ones. Consequently, this article critically analyses criminal enforcement of directors’ occupational crimes in Nige...

This article is concerned with providing a justification for effective enforcement of directors’ duties. It aims to consider whether enforcement of directors’ duties is necessary. It argues that enforcement of directors’ duties is crucial to effective corporate governance. Drawing on the deterrence theory, it argues that there is a clear link betwe...