Electoral Crisis, Governance and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria

Inokoba, Preye Kuro; Kumokor, Isaac

doi:10.1080/09718923.2011.11892914

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“…Such factors include personalistic and ethnic politics as well as clientelism, where private goods are gifted to targeted groups based on ethnic ties or informal relationships in return for political support rather than the provision of public goods. Tetzlaff (2002) and Mbah (2011) likewise claim that parties in Africa are simply vehicles used by political entrepreneurs and elites to attain power, and are less about representing the different groups in society.…”

Section: Party Institutionalization and Ideological Delineationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Waka waka politician: what are the drivers of party switching in Nigeria?

Agboga

2023

Africa

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Most existing literature on the causes of party switching both in Africa and around the world is built on tenuous empirical foundations. The question of why members of parliament (MPs) switch parties has hardly been asked directly either to the MPs themselves or to everyday voters. While MPs could lie or give more favourable accounts that suit their interests, putting this question to them could uncover other crucial factors that have fallen through the cracks in previous theorizations. This article takes a triangulation approach by drawing from the viewpoints of researchers, voters and MPs themselves to give a more holistic picture of the drivers of party defection. Through a combination of a nationwide representative survey and elite and key informant interviews, I situate the trend of party switching in Nigeria within broader comparative literature on the subject, showing how Nigeria conforms and deviates from existing conceptualizations of party switching around the world. I find evidence of interactions between formal and personal drivers of party switching in Nigeria. I also discover that while a majority of Nigerian voters are suspicious of defectors, defectors point accusing fingers at the lack of internal democracy within political parties, thereby exposing an issue not adequately addressed in existing literature.

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Section: Party Institutionalization and Ideological Delineationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Waka waka politician: what are the drivers of party switching in Nigeria?

Agboga

2023

Africa

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“…With the commencement of the fourth republic on May 29, 1999, most Nigerians were full of great hope that the democratic experiment would enhance and entrench constitutionalism, respect for human rights, the rule of law, accountability, transparency, popular participation, and improve the economic wellbeing of the people [12] [13] . Implicit in the expectations is the recognition that the country"s previous experience with democratic governance failed to respond to the yearnings of majority of Nigerians.…”

Section: State Of Governance and National Security In The Fourth mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The high level of profligacy, lawlessness, fraud, blatant looting of national treasury, miscarriage of justice and impunity have constrained economic development, undermined popular trust in government and democratic institutions and subverted accountability and the rule of law [16] [13] . The resulting economic inequality continues to deepen social tensions, violence, and legitimacy crisis, with grave danger to national stability and security.…”

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confidence: 99%

Exploring the Synergy of Democracy and National Security for Good Governance in Nigeria

Okafor¹,

Faith²

2014

IOSRJHSS

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This paper is an explorative discourse on the state of democracy, national security and good governance in Nigeria. The paper through the use of system theory unfolds the hyphen and buckle between good governance and national security. It argues that poor political governance as manifested in lack of people centered leadership, corruption, poor institutionalization of democratic principles and ideals, widespread unemployment, poverty, wide spread illiteracy among others have led to crude contestation of political power which continues to threaten the survival of the Nigerian state. It will not be false to say that Nigeria once again became democratic in 1999 but has not taken advantage of this form of government to put in place measures that will ensure good governance and national security. The lack of good governance in the country is traceable to the absence of true democracy which has brought with it increased insecurity. Today, new security challenges like suicide bombings, terrorist attacks, kidnapping, armed robbery and banditry are on the increase in Nigeria. There is also increased poverty and hunger, decayed infrastructure and particularly, corrupt leadership etc. This situation is wreaking efforts at deepening democratic practices, which in turn portends serious danger to national security and integration. This paper therefore aims at examining how the combine efforts of entrenched democracy and good governance can enhance national security in Nigeria.

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“…Moreover, scholars often identify the existence of "vote buying" and the interplay of money and election gifting in Nigerian politics. They easily show scholarship by analyzing the scope of its existence, but fail to realize that members of the society (citizens), who collect money and gift items from politicians, are also part of the problem (Schaffer & Schedler, 2005;Alemika, 2007;Danjibo & Oladeji, 2007;Bratton, 2008;Ojo, 2008;Sha, 2008;Amadi, 2012;Inokoba & Kumokor, 2011;Lucky, 2013;Animashaun, 2015;Onapajo, 2015). The issue of vote buying however does not show the justification why citizens sell their conscience, but there is a realization that democracy in its true sense cannot be made to function in such manner if its dividends are expected to be seen in the Nigerian state.…”

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Election Gifting and the Ordeal of Democracy in Nigeria

Adekola

Olumide

2019

ESJ

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Over-time, researchers have failed to show how citizens share, if not all, a part of the blame in Nigeria's failing democracy. Through election gifting, the community of voters in Nigeria have been selling their commonwealth to politicians who should not be anywhere close to power. Using secondary sources of data and relying on Robert Dahl's theory of democracy, the paper argues that since the people are the custodians of the political mandate in any democracy, they should be held accountable when there is a problem. The paper further identifies the history, effect, scope, and predisposing factors of election gifting in Nigeria. This paper focuses on the fact that the non-evaluative and clientelist approach to democracy are the reason for the sad realities in Nigeria and concludes that only the engagement in a civil society can revive Nigeria's failing democracy.

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Electoral Crisis, Governance and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria

Cited by 14 publications

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Waka waka politician: what are the drivers of party switching in Nigeria?

Waka waka politician: what are the drivers of party switching in Nigeria?

Exploring the Synergy of Democracy and National Security for Good Governance in Nigeria

Election Gifting and the Ordeal of Democracy in Nigeria

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