The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations: Assessing the Many Phases and Challenges of Nigeria’s Judicial System

Nwozor, Agaptus

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-50509-7_7

“…Okuchukwu (2015, p. 13) asserts that prevalent ethnocentrism, colossal corruption, maladministration of public funds, electoral fraud and malpractice, blatant neglect for the rule of law, constitutionalism, and abuse of fundamental human rights by political office holders, politicians and the police that still characterize Nigeria are "clear examples of pseudodemocracy." The rule of law is an integral part of the foundation of democracy, but all three tiers of the Nigerian government have a penchant for disobeying court orders (Nwozor, 2021). Even President Muhammadu Buhari was observed to have flagrantly disobeyed court rulings at least 40 times from his assumption of office in 2015 to 2019 (Idhalama, Dime & Osawaru, 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Vol. 4 (2023): International Journal of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education (IJLCLE)

Coronel-Molina,

Chen,

Bamanger

et al. 2023

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Education (IJLCLE) is an open-source peerreviewed international journal dedicated to publishing research in the field of literacy, culture, and language education from multi-inter-and transdisciplinary perspectives. Its mission is twofold: (1) to promote exchange of ideas and dissemination of research, and (2) to facilitate academic exchange between scholars from diverse fields of study worldwide. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts describing scholarly research on a wide range of topics related to language, literacy, and culture in education.

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“…Okuchukwu (2015, p. 13) asserts that prevalent ethnocentrism, colossal corruption, maladministration of public funds, electoral fraud and malpractice, blatant neglect for the rule of law, constitutionalism, and abuse of fundamental human rights by political office holders, politicians and the police that still characterize Nigeria are "clear examples of pseudodemocracy." The rule of law is an integral part of the foundation of democracy, but all three tiers of the Nigerian government have a penchant for disobeying court orders (Nwozor, 2021). Even President Muhammadu Buhari was observed to have flagrantly disobeyed court rulings at least 40 times from his assumption of office in 2015 to 2019 (Idhalama, Dime & Osawaru, 2021).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Indigenous Language Endangerment as the Hearse of Democratic Culture among the Yoruba People of Nigeria

Olatunji

2023

IJLCLE

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There is a proven intricate interconnectedness between language and culture. Most Yoruba political office holders demonstrate degrees of English language proficiency as evidence of English-medium Western education. It is thus logical to expect them to have become democratic in behavior. However, many that have held political posts in Nigeria have proved undemocratic. One then wonders how they successfully avoided being “infected” by the democratic values of Western cultures. One could logically conclude that a typical Yoruba politician is unable to learn democratic values from Western education because of the long history of the monarchical system of government. This paper, however, probed the existence of democratic values in Yoruba precolonial government. Data were obtained from 200 respondents through a mix of accidental and stratified sampling techniques. A four-item interview guide was administered to the respondents by the researcher. Among the findings is that the Yoruba language is replete with proverbs, aphorisms, and idioms capable of promoting democratic values. Comprehensive implementation of mother-tongue-based multilingual education up to the end of secondary school level is thus recommended for the preservation of the democratic values of their traditional cultures to facilitate adequate understanding of Western democratic literacy.

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Historical Background of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Sule,

Sambo

2024

Palgrave Studies in Presidential Politics

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The Politics of Intergovernmental Relations: Assessing the Many Phases and Challenges of Nigeria’s Judicial System

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Vol. 4 (2023): International Journal of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education (IJLCLE)

Vol. 4 (2023): International Journal of Literacy, Culture, and Language Education (IJLCLE)

Indigenous Language Endangerment as the Hearse of Democratic Culture among the Yoruba People of Nigeria

Historical Background of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

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