Conflict Of Party Politics And Challenges Of Governance In Nigeria An Overview Since The Start Of The Fourth Republic In 1999

Author : Benjamin Ibietonye
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783346403117

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Conflict of Party Politics and Challenges of Governance in Nigeria. An Overview Since the Start of the Fourth Republic in 1999 by Benjamin Ibietonye Pdf

Scientific Essay from the year 2021 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: Africa, , language: English, abstract: Political Parties are one of the fundamentals of Democratic governance, and it’s been adjudged the best form of government that allows equal opportunities for participation and representation all over the world. In 1999, Nigeria kick-started the journey of the Fourth Republic of democratic governance uninterrupted in the case of other civilized democracies of the world. Consequently, this work examined the conflicts in political parties and its challenges on governance in the country. The study adopted the descriptive approach of analysis, and made of the strategic conflict theory, the study observed that a strong and stable political party under the rule of law will guarantee good governance, accountability transparency and many more under the law. This study further observed that the political parties in Nigeria have moved some steps forward, a lot needs to be done in the areas of incessant defections/ party switching/ cross carpeting of party members from one party to another. The work also observed that the political parties need to separate party leadership from governmental leadership; the two cannot be under the leadership of one elected government official in the name of party leader. This is the result of constant conflict in the struggle to control the headship of a political party between elected officials who may have abandoned governance and other party big wigs that leads to incessant defections by those who lost out of the struggle. The study concludes that for democracy to be fully functional in Nigeria, the political parties must strengthen the party institutions and make elected leaders answerable to the party, by this act the party will remain supreme and its ideologies and manifestos must be carried out to the latter by elected representatives at all levels of governance.

Author : Agbu, Osita
Publisher : CODESRIA
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9782869786394

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Elections and Governance in Nigeria's Fourth Republic by Agbu, Osita Pdf

Elections and Governance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic is a book about Nigerian politics, governance and democracy. It at once encompasses Nigeria’s post-colonial character, its political economy, party formation since independence, the role of Electoral Commissions, as well as, indepth analyses of the 1999, 2003 and 2007 general elections that involved extensive fieldwork. It also presents aspects of the 2011 and 2015 general elections, while discussing the state of democratic consolidation, and lessons learned for achieving good governance in the country. It is indeed, a must read for students of politics, academics, politicians, statesmen and policy makers, and in fact, stakeholders in the Nigerian democracy project. The book stands out as a well-researched and rich documentary material about elections in Nigeria, and the efforts so far made in growing democracy.

Author : Okechukwu Ibeanu,Israel 'Kelue Okoye,Ikenna Mike Alumona,Ernest Toochi Aniche
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-01-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811660580

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Anonymous Power by Okechukwu Ibeanu,Israel 'Kelue Okoye,Ikenna Mike Alumona,Ernest Toochi Aniche Pdf

This book examines the structures and processes of political decision-making and governance in Nigeria. Since Nigeria returned to elected government in 1999, it has been observed that several factors account for the differences between the design of statutory structures and processes of political decision-making and how they operate in reality. In other words, there are wide gaps between statutes and practice of political decision-making. However, the nexus between the two remains largely understudied by political scientists. Instinctively, political scientists assume that informal influences in political decision-making are aberrations, episodic or temporary. This book is designed to interrogate the nexus between the formal and non-formal dimensions of the dynamics of political decision making in Nigeria and also provide evidence about the actual functioning of governmental structures in Nigeria. The thesis of the book is that the non-formal dimension of political decision making as evidenced in rising ethno-political patronages, religious sentiments, clientelism and factionalism, are interacting with formal decision-making structures in ways that largely undermine the latter and, by extension, the democratic system. The book pursues this thesis by examining the roles of actors and institutions including, electoral choices made by voters, legislations, which perhaps is the most fundamental form of political decision-making, policies made by the executive and administration, as well as decision making within political parties, since parties are sites for articulating and aggregating issues on which decisions are to be made.

Author : A. Sat Obiyan,Kunle Amuwo
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780761859543

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Nigeria's Democratic Experience in the Fourth Republic Since 1999 by A. Sat Obiyan,Kunle Amuwo Pdf

This book addresses various issues that have arisen in the practice of democracy in Nigeria since 1999, focusing on the Obasanjo years (1999-2007). Nigeria's return to democratic rule has been marked by developments such as the implementation of reforms to address perceived economic problems and corruption. The introduction of democracy in the country has also witnessed many challenges, including the difficult relationship between some political chief executives and their deputies; intriguing intergovernmental relations; the rise and resurgence of sub-national groups that pose serious threat to the hegemony of the state; precarious inter-ethnic/inter-sectional relations; attempts to perpetuate the tenure of chief executives through constitutional amendments; and developments in electoral politics and conflicts. The book provides incisive analysis into these issues.

Author : Wale Adebanwi
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 465 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2023-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781847013514

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Democracy and Nigeria's Fourth Republic by Wale Adebanwi Pdf

Examines Nigeria's challenges with consolidating democracy and the crisis of governance arising from structural errors of the state and the fundamental contradictions of the society in Nigeria's Fourth Republic reflect a wider crisis of democracy globally. 'Today we are taking a decisive step on the path of democracy, ' the newly sworn-in President Olusegun Obasanjo told Nigerians on 27 May 1999. 'We will leave no stone unturned to ensure sustenance of democracy, because it is good for us, it is good for Africa, and it is good for the world.' Nigeria's Fourth Republic has survived longer than any of the previous three Republics, the most durable Republic in Nigeria's more than six decades of independence. At the same time, however, the country has witnessed sustained periods of violence, including violent clashes over the imposition of Sharia'h laws, insurgency in the Niger Delta, inter-ethnic clashes, and the Boko Haram insurgency. Despite these tensions of, and anxieties about, democratic viability and stability in Nigeria, has democratic rule come to stay in Africa's most populous country? Are the overall conditions of Nigerian politics, economy and socio-cultural dynamics now permanently amenable to uninterrupted democratic rule? Have all the social forces which, in the past, pressed Nigeria towards military intervention and autocratic rule resolved themselves in favour of unbroken representative government? If so, what are the factors and forces that produced this compromise and how can Nigeria's shallow democracy be sustained, deepened and strengthened? This book attempts to address these questions by exploring the various dimensions of Nigeria's Fourth Republic in a bid to understand the tensions and stresses of democratic rule in a deeply divided major African state. The contributors engage in comparative analysis of the political, economic, social challenges that Nigeria has faced in the more than two decades of the Fourth Republic and the ways in which these were resolved - or left unresolved - in a bid to ensure the survival of democratic rule. This key book that examines both the quality of Nigeria's democratic state and its international relations, and issues such as human rights and the peace infrastructure, will be invaluable in increasing our understanding of contemporary democratic experiences in the neo-liberal era in Africa.

Author : Edited by Romola Adeola & Ademola Oluborode Jegede
Publisher : Pretoria University Law Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03-06
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781920538811

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Governance in Nigeria post-1999: Revisiting the democratic ‘new dawn’ of the Fourth Republic by Edited by Romola Adeola & Ademola Oluborode Jegede Pdf

At the start of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic on 29 May 1999, there was great optimism as to the emergence of a new democratic future representing a significant break from the political undulations of the past. Two decades and four presidential epochs later, there is a prevalent question as to how well Nigeria has fared in governance and human rights post-1999. This book revisits the democratic ‘new dawn’ of the Fourth Republic discussing pertinent matters integral to Nigeria’s democratic future post-2019.

Author : Aliyu Mukhtar Katsina
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9674184074

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Party Constitutions and Political Challenges in a Democracy by Aliyu Mukhtar Katsina Pdf

Author : Usman A. Tar,Charles P. Onwurah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 1043 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-04-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030621834

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The Palgrave Handbook of Small Arms and Conflicts in Africa by Usman A. Tar,Charles P. Onwurah Pdf

This handbook provides critical analyses of the theory and practices of small arms proliferation and its impact on conflicts and organized violence in Africa. It examines the terrains, institutions, factors and actors that drive armed conflict and arms proliferation, and further explores the nature, scope, and dynamics of conflicts across the continent, as well as the extent to which these conflicts are exacerbated by the proliferation of small arms. The volume features rich analyses by contributors who are acquainted with, and widely experienced in, the formal and informal structures of arms proliferation and control, and their repercussions on violence, instability and insecurity across Africa. The chapters dissect the challenges of small arms and light weapons in Africa with a view to understanding roots causes and drivers, and generating a fresh body of analyses that adds value to the existing conversation on conflict management and peacebuilding in Africa. With contributions from scholars, development practitioners, defence and security professionals and civil society activists, the handbook seeks to serve as a reference for students, researchers, and policy makers on small arms proliferation, control and regulation; defence and security practitioners; and those involved in countering violence and managing conflicts in Africa.

Author : Babayo Sule
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9783031549199

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Presidential Elections in Nigeria's Fourth Republic by Babayo Sule Pdf

Author : Joseph Yinka Fashagba,Ola-Rotimi Matthew Ajayi,Chiedo Nwankwor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030119058

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The Nigerian National Assembly by Joseph Yinka Fashagba,Ola-Rotimi Matthew Ajayi,Chiedo Nwankwor Pdf

This book examines the role of the legislature in the democratic governance of Nigeria. Once one of the foremost political institutions of governance established in the early days of Colonial administration in Nigeria, the legislature has had an inconsistent role since statehood, subject to repeat dissolution at the hands of various military regimes. Focusing on the Nigerian Fourth Republic’s National Assembly (1999-present), this book discusses in detail the ways in which the national assembly has handled each of its major functions, the nature of the relationship between the assembly and the legislature, and the institutional mechanism through which its internal business is facilitated and executed. Furthermore, the chapters examine the level of assertiveness of the legislature, and the degree of importance and weight attached to their contributions to governance in motions, resolutions, and law-making. This book offers a unique look into legislative studies, an area which has been historically overlooked in the research on the Nigerian government, and will be useful to students and researchers in African studies, democracy and state-building and legislative studies.

Author : Ebenezer Oluwole Oni,Omololu Michael Fagbadebo,Dhikru Adewale Yagboyaju
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-06-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000094176

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Democratic Practice and Governance in Nigeria by Ebenezer Oluwole Oni,Omololu Michael Fagbadebo,Dhikru Adewale Yagboyaju Pdf

This book examines the challenges confronting the practice of democracy and governance in Nigeria. The book examines the theoretical underpinnings and the procedural and institutional components of democratic practice in Nigeria, including the challenges associated with elections, the legislature, the media and gender issues. Approaching the pluralistic characteristics of the Nigerian state and how they impede democratisation through contributions by experts and scholars in the field, the book analyses the issues and nuances inherent to governance and democracy in Nigeria, as well as domestic policy process, global governance and human security. Democratic Practice and Governance in Nigeria will be of interest to students and scholars of African politics and democratisation.

Author : S. Adejumobi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9780230115453

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Governance and Politics in Post-Military Nigeria by S. Adejumobi Pdf

This edited collection is the product of a National Research Working Group (NRWG) established by Said Adejumobi and supported by the Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA). It analyzes the progress made in Nigeria since the return to democratic rule in 1999 and the prospects of democratic consolidation in the country.

Author : Omololu Fagbadebo
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-26
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789811560415

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Impeachment in the Nigerian Presidential System by Omololu Fagbadebo Pdf

This book explores the politics associated with the exercise of the legislative power of impeachment as intended by the drafters of the Constitution in Nigeria. It interrogates the exercise of the power of impeachment with reference to the intended purpose and examines its failures in the cases of impeachment in the country. It analyzes the interplay of power in the governing institutions in Nigeria’s political system, which involved the understanding of a web of interactions among elites within a political structure relating with others outside its sphere of operation. It presents an analysis of the politics associated with impeachment within the framework of the activities of different political actors operating in different political structures assigned to perform certain statutory roles in the political system. The book shows how the selective use of impeachment provisions as instrument of political vendetta and harassment has weakened the potency of this oversight power of the legislature thereby engendering accountability problem in the Nigerian presidential system.

Author : Abimbola Adesoji,Ayodeji Olukoju,Oluyato Adesina
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 679 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781527525573

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Security Challenges and Management in Modern Nigeria by Abimbola Adesoji,Ayodeji Olukoju,Oluyato Adesina Pdf

This collection of essays explores the critical and fluid nature of security challenges that have plagued Nigeria since colonial times. Insecurity in diverse forms remains the bane of growth and progressive development in the country, and has the capability to derail a society no matter how sophisticated. What has generated insecurity at the macro- and micro-levels? How has insecurity been tackled? Why have security challenges escalated particularly in the post-independence period? What lessons could be learnt from the way security matters have been (mis)handled in the past? This volume presents chapters on the historical roots and antecedents of security challenges, and considers the nexus between the economy, political leadership and development, and its impacts on security in modern Nigeria. It also explores the effectiveness of the strategies employed to address security challenges, and discusses why some security challenges have lingered.

Author : Liam D. Anderson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780415781619

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Federal Solutions to Ethnic Problems by Liam D. Anderson Pdf

This book examines how federal systems can be designed to manage ethnic conflict in divided societies. Using Iraq as a case study, the author evaluates six distinct approaches, the underlying reasons why one may be more suitable than other, and how these apply to the current situation.