Youths, Electoral Violence and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: The Bayelsa State Experience

Inokoba, Preye Kuro; Maliki, Agnes Ebi

doi:10.1080/09720073.2011.11891200

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“…It is the time when future choices are made. It represents the most volatile, complex, unpredictable, dynamic as well as the most vulnerable segment of the population, socio-economically, emotional and otherwise (Inokoba and Maliki, 2011). Youth refers to a young person between childhood and adulthood.…”

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“…No society can harness the demographic dividends and advancement of a growing economy, if its youths are not well invested upon, empowered and engaged. Their immense energy and drive must be tactfully packaged and directed towards playing a constructive role in the process of governance, economic growth and development of the society (Inokoba and Maliki, 2011).…”

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Youth Unemployment and Electoral Malpractices in Nigeria

Akokuwebe

2017

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In Nigeria, elections have been marred by various forms of malpractices in which youth often play prominent roles. The economic crisis and the accompanying structural adjustments in Nigeria have resulted in the alienation and marginalization of the youth, thereby exacerbating the whole phenomenon of youth restiveness. The National Bureau of Statistics reported that 42.24% of Nigerian youths were unemployed and 15.2 million youths remain unemployed in the economy in 2016. This unemployment scenario heightens the potential for violence and thus, political elites mobilize the pool of unemployed youths, often along ethnic, religious and party affiliations, as vital violent arsenals to manipulate and disrupt electoral processes. This paper, therefore, examines the nexus between electoral malpractices and youth unemployment in Nigeria. Guided by Rational Choice and R. K. Merton of Anomie theories, this paper argues that the present condition of massive youth unemployment is capable of engendering demographic dividends and national development. The paper concludes that to harness the advantages of a youthful population, the issue of unemployment should be accorded priority attention by among others creating the enabling environment for job opportunities. That way, youth are empowered and would less likely be involved in normless activities including electoral malpractices and violence

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Youth Unemployment and Electoral Malpractices in Nigeria

Akokuwebe

2017

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“…Scholars have, however, advanced that election-related violence could lead to apathy (Ashindorbe, 2018;Bamgbose, 2012;Inokoba & Maliki, 2011;Kolawale, Abubakar, Owonibi & Adebayo, 2012;. In a study carried out on causes and effects of political apathy on the electoral process during the 2014 Ekiti governorship election, it was established that violence before, during and after election has negative impact on political participation of the people.…”

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Political party elite and election-related violence in Nigeria: The nexus and implications for democracy and governance

Moliki

2021

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Failure to conduct violence-free elections in Nigeria has frequently reflected in the writings of local and foreign election observers and monitoring groups. Previous studies have devoted much attention to the consequences of electoral violence on sustenance and consolidation of democracy but less attention has been paid to the role political party elite play in this violence. This study examined the role of political party elite in election-related violence in Nigeria, 2011-2019. It equally assessed its nexus and implications for democracy and governance. The study utilized documentary research method using qualitative documentary analysis to analyze the data obtained from secondary sources following four-step approach. Findings revealed that political party elite exerted greater influence on politically-sponsored thugs, who were utilized to perpetrate election-related violence due to zerosum game, winners-takes-all syndrome, and non-punishment of electoral offenders with far-reaching implications for popular participation, free, fair and credible election, party politics, leadership legitimacy and stable polity. The study submitted that curbing party elite-sponsored electoral violence requires that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the National Assembly wake up to their responsibility of ensuring strict enforcement of laws for electoral offences as this would deter both sponsors and perpetrators from engaging in violence during election.

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“…Particularly relevant to a voter should be violence occurring in relation to elections, or political violence more generally. The experience of electoral violence is widespread in Africa, and many elections are characterized by harassment, intimidation, destruction of property, assaults, deaths, and displacement especially in the period leading up to the election (Bekoe, 2012; Bratton, 2008; Dercon and Gutiérrez-Romero, 2012; Höglund, 2009; Inokoba and Maliki, 2011). Based on the African Electoral Violence Dataset (AEVD), 1 electoral violence is a regular occurrence for nearly half the countries included in the dataset, and about 20% of the elections resulted in severe levels of violence (Bekoe, 2012: 8; Straus and Taylor, 2012: 17).…”

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Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa

Söderström

2017

Political Studies

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The literature on electoral violence has focused on its causes as well as its scope, ignoring the implications for citizens trying to practice their political citizenship. Informed citizens are a central part of a functioning democracy. The emotive response to violence may play an important role here. This article contributes to a deeper understanding of how the voter responds to violence. Recent work on the role of emotions in politics has demonstrated its positive role for cognition, as fear can increase the individual’s propensity to amass information and reevaluate attitudes and behavior. This is tested in a hitherto unexamined context, namely, Sub-Saharan Africa, using the Afrobarometer survey (20 different countries). In general, political fear is a significant predictor of political knowledge, but in the opposite direction compared to the hypothesis. The affective intelligence hypothesis only receives partial support using this data, namely, in countries with high levels of political violence.

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Youths, Electoral Violence and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria: The Bayelsa State Experience

Cited by 9 publications

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Youth Unemployment and Electoral Malpractices in Nigeria

Youth Unemployment and Electoral Malpractices in Nigeria

Political party elite and election-related violence in Nigeria: The nexus and implications for democracy and governance

Fear of Electoral Violence and its Impact on Political Knowledge in Sub-Saharan Africa

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