One major issue emerging from the governorship elections conducted in Ekiti and Osun States of Nigeria is the presence of heavy security forces during their conduct. Platoons of security operatives, including military officers, were drafted to lock down the states shortly before, during and immediately after the elections with immediate consequences on peoples' rights and freedom. Members of the opposition were specifically targeted. The pertinent questions to ask then is: What accounts for this? What are the implications of electoral governance in Nigeria? This study seeks to interrogate the foregoing questions. The data for this study will be generated from Focus Group Discussion, interviews, questionnaires and documentary sources. Tables and the technique of content analysis will constitute our data analysis technique.
The objective of this paper is to examine the socio-economic cost of insecurity on the populace in general and the nation's economy in particular. This is because insecurity and its various multifaceted manifestations like bombings, kidnapping/hostage taking, destruction of life and property, creation of fear among others has become a hydra headed monster which security agents in Nigeria appear incapable of addressing. The study revealed that the insecurity challenge is detrimental to general well being of the people with its resultant effects in the area low quality of life, population displacement and even death, the destruction of business, properties and equipments, relocation and closing down of businesses. The study suggests that the Nigerian government and her security agencies should be pro-active in their responses, improve their intelligence gathering techniques and create more employment opportunities for the unemployed and equip and motivate her security forces better. The grievance theory will serve as our framework of analysis while documentary methods of analysis and content analysis will be used to generate and analyze data.
This study examined the socio---economic of subsidy regime in Nigeria between 1999 and 2014. The researchers investigated the negative and positive effects of the subsidy policy on the masses in order to examine how the policy has properly impacted on the life of the, the intended beneficiaries. Subsidy regime in Nigeria has been a policy that each government tries to pursue because Subsidy has become a policy tool of government by giving incentive to industries, agriculture, health, transport, education, and oil, in other to promote and develop the economy. These subsidies were meant to helping the masses to assess these facilities at their own convenience and at a reduced price. However, up until the time of the study, the masses have not felt the impact of policy in the economy because of lack of proper consultation. The research methodology used for the study is documentary. The study found out that the policy is characterised among others by corruption and loss of revenue by the government among others. Recommendations were made on how to make the policy yield positive results in other to achieve its objectives in Nigeria.
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