Assessment Of The 2014 Ekiti Gubernatorial Election
Chapter One
Preface
Background Of The Study
Participation in election is further than just a namer turnout statistic, but in a deeper position, it has commodity to do with popular countries ‟ political, social and artistic conditions. This active participation is girdled by issues similar as the question of the legal and factual limitations to namer enfranchisement of peasants, women and ethnical groups in arising republic; and the declining namer turnout in both the arising and well established republic. also, as purely electoral republic would evolve towards a more mature popular polity, some islands are to be erected for the effective relation between turnout at the pates and citizens ‟ capacity to impact governmental action. The after issue involves the commanding part of public opinion as a central institution of republic. Republic is further than just choices, choices in their turn, have counteraccusations which go further than just namer turnout. Participation implies breaking down standing walls to enfranchisement, be these legal, political or socio-artistic.
It appears that citizens turn out at the pates in direct proportion with their political interest.
Sociological exploration in the many well established republic of the 1960 ‟ s constantly showed a strong correlation between a number of so called socio- demographic factors and advanced namer turnout. Those were substantially education, middle and upper income, intermediate age- groups, civic residers, and manly gender. From all of the below, education proved to be the strongest single determining factor of electoral participation( Lipset, 1981). On the other hand, exploration in the same period conducted from a sickie- political perspective constantly showed that party identification constitutes a main predictor of namer turnout, followed by an interest on issues and campaigners( Berelson, Lazarsfeld and McPhee, 1954). On the other hand, a corner of sociopolitical exploration from the 1960 ‟ s easily showed the pivotal marshaling capacity of political parties across nations( Lipset and Rokkan, 1967).
Participation also implies an active civil society and large public opinion acting in between choices over governmental conduct. This relates to the citizens capacity to impact governmental conduct. Three main scripts can be noticed for this political exercise; one is the impacting conditioning over policy decision through a variety of interceding mechanisms stemming principally from civil society associations similar as unions and professional associations, specialized socio movements, churches and others. A alternate script of participation is that of being suitable to excite and gain applicable information from governmental policy issues and nonenforcement conditioning. This can be done on an individual base, but utmost constantly through organizational modalities mentioned over, and conspicuously by the mass media. This latterly factor is tightly related to the processes of opinion conformation and efficacity, public opinion been a central institution of republic.
Other aspects of citizen participation in government are included in the lately developed methodology for republic assessment by International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance( IDEA, 2002). It’s citizen participation through different means in- between choices which helps responsive government to develop, and this could also amp choosers turn out at election times. This statement shouldn’t be taken as just a working thesis for a better understanding of participation but as a conclusion sustained by empirical substantiation from a variety of literal political terrain. It can be stated that to chorus from participation at the pates is to a large extent an aggressive results stemming from frustrated prospects most generally related to frail or failing governmental delivery( Ladd, 1993; Lopez Pintor, 1995). In classical Greek society, citizens were anticipated to be directly involved in the very institutions that governed their lives. The ideal of active citizenship has proved largely influential in ultramodern political study. ultramodern popular forms of government, however, have tended to be structured around representative rather than participative forms of republic. important of this is due to the complexity and size of artificial society( Marinetto, 2003).
In taking an active part in any popular choices, ideas of community and active citizenship operates as strategies, enabling the state to govern more effectively. The main concern of this design work is to constructively study the republic and citizen participation in Ekiti 2014 gubernatorial election.
From commencement, Ekiti state positioned in the South West geographical zone presents occasion for us to seek to advance the cause of our republic. The June 21, 2014 guardianship election in Ekiti State, South West, Nigeria, was arbitrated to be free and fair, it was a great spectacle between the peremptory GovernorFayemi if he was going to win his alternate term against Fayose( impeached in 2006 under Obasanjo ‟ s term). still, the election was unique in the sense that the peremptory governor, KayodeFayemi lost in the entire sixteenlocalgovernments while Fayose ‟ s electoral palm was stunning and surprising he won with 56 per cent of the votes, while Fayemi could only win 33 per cent. So sweeping was
Fayose ‟ s palm that he won in all the original governments, including that of Fayemi( AdeyemiAdeolu 2014). The election was in comparison better than a analogous election in Anambra state in 2013 that was marred with irregularities. still, the election indeed present challenges and high points that ought to bex-rayed to allow us to continue perfecting the colorful processes upon which the governance frame hinges( Daily, Independent, 2015).
Statement Of The Problem
The 2014 Ekiti gubernatorial election was free and fair as recorded by critic and spectators of the election but the entire electoral process to the state was neither free and fair norcredible.Fewcases of election apparel, party politics,pre-electoral violence most especially was the over demilitarization of the state which help the free movement and association of the people under the pretense of maintaining security. It’s an abuse of the powers for the institution that ought to insure that the colorful rights of the citizens elevated in the constitution are defended and guaranteed at all times should be used to elide same, when we stationed the instrument of governmental forces of compulsion whose tools ought to be directed against powers that are targeted against the overload and idle freedoms of the populace against same citizens. This grossly violates and vitiates the introductory tenet of republic. It’s true that there was peaceful voting in Ekiti but have we examined the full recrimination of the military crackdown on popular rule and its connection? This is the material question all those starry- eyed judges delighting should ask themselves. This underscores poor position of political education and advancement in thecountry.However, power, and ruthless employment of the service for internal action, If history is of any companion also let ‟ s flash back how the alternate democracy collapsed in four times due to analogous display of arrogance. The Nigerian army is presently embrangle down with internal security that naturally should be handled by the police. Is this not an portentous signal that civilians can not run republic without the help from the service? The script was also seen in Osunstate August9 electionJust as in the Ekiti state guardianship election, there was a heavy presence of different security agencies about two weeks before the election, a move which according to President Goodluck Jonathan was necessary to insure safety of life and property ahead, during and after the election. The leadership of the All Revolutionaries Congress( APC) continually contended that the heavy presence of military labor force was to manipulate the pates in favor of the PDP seeker. To fight what the APC perceived as implicit victimization of its sympathizers by the security agents, RaufAregbesola told APC members to fortify themselves spiritually with spirituals and Bible verses for Christians, Quran and Quranic verses for Muslims while reactionaries should feel free and be ready to defend their votes with the use of phylacteries and other charms should the bean turn violent. Two days before the election, people contended to be security operatives attended at the houses of some APC stalwarts, arrested some of them and shot at the houses of some in a shot to gain entrance. One of those whose houses were defaced was a former assemblyman and APC leader, Bayo Salami, in Osogbo.
His doors were shot at severally to gain entrance to his house for his arrest without success.
There were reports that dogfaces and officers of the Department of State Security( DSS) aimlessly chased down and arrested APC leaders and members across the state. Former Vice President and APC member, AtikuAbubakar said the use of the service for the purpose of election is an anathema to the very spirit of electioneering politics, because the rules of engagement of the military violates the principles of abecedarian mortal rights which gives the people the power of ballot( Premium Times, 2014). It’s better for our arrogant and flaunting civil egalitarians to take a cue from the gests of the alternate democracy. still, the June 21, 2014 Ekiti gubernatorial election was a great spectacle as far as spectacle goes. It had been touted as the freest election under the present popular dispensationbut the over demilitarization of a state for election under the disguise of security in a state of harmony doesn’t make it fair in a popular system.
Ideal Of The Study
The study will look into
• How election and citizen participation affect republic
• To critically examine the choosers geste of Ekiti aborigines ahead and during the election
• To critically examine the geste of the citizen during their vote if they were really affected by the dogfaces and their ordnance while advancing
• To know the electoral process is a paving way to more participatory and good
popular sustainability in Ekiti State.
• To critically look at theEkiti 2014 gubernatorial choices whether it meets the internal principles of republic.
• To recommend and propose conceivable styles that will enhance a stronger popular division and sustainability and increase the participation position of citizens.
Exploration Questions
Due to the inept situation and the hindered popular division in Nigeria we’ve faced different challenges or so to say mirage problems so as to insure an ideal popular sustainability. Devoid of this, questions have also been raised to be delved in reference to
Ekiti election.
• What can be done to restore the burgled off republic in Nigeria?
• With the Ekiti gubernatorial election, what assignments can other countries learn? The assignment learnt is it further of positive or an act of warning to other countries?
• What’s to be done to guard the future of republic in the hands of these inept elites for the generations to come?
• With the 2014 gubernatorial election in Ekiti State and peaceful voting of electorates does it mean that republic is strong in Ekiti state?
• Is it that people of Ekiti state are able of making opinions on their own or their decision is been told by the so called stomach structure?
• Is the deployment of service into election, a trouble to republic or can it be overlooked?
Significance Of The Study
This exploration is made to add to being knowledge and literature. This exploration is of interest to people who would like to have a broader knowledge of republic in Nigeria and those who would want to have a better understanding of the election held in Ekiti state, if in factual fact, the electoral process poses a trouble to republic or not. This exploration is of interest to scholars of political wisdom, sociologists or experimenters studying election and mortal geste in discharging a communal duty in relation to Nigerian popular system sustainability. The most important of this study is to recommend how well we can ameliorate on the electoral processes in Nigeria and what can be done to guard the future of republic in the hands of this inept nobility.
Compass And Limitations Of The Study
This compass of this exploration work is the 2014 Ekiti gubernatorial election. The challenges that would be faced in carrying out this exploration work would be fiscal constraint in going to all the original government in Ekiti state. rather the experimenter will be concentrating on Ado Ekiti and Ikere Ekiti where both partiescontested.This exploration work relies on review, commentary, interview, journalsand the internet.
Association Of The Work
The design paper would be organized into five( 5) chapters. Chapter one would be introductory part while the alternate chapter would be literature review and theoretical frame. Under the literature review, colorful accoutrements that would be used for the study will be considered. The third chapter would be exploration methodology while the fourth chapter would be data analysis and donation and the last chapter will be findings, recommendation, conclusion and bibliography
Description Of Terms
Republic according to oxford advanced learner wordbook, republic is the rule by the people especially as a form of government either directly or through taggedrepresentatives.it could also be a government under the direct or representative rule of the people of its
governance.
POLITICAL PARTICIPATION according toEncyclopedia.com political participation will relate to those voluntary conditioning by which members of a society share in the selection of autocrats and, directly or laterally, in the conformation of public policy.
position PLAYING Address the term’ position playing field’, relate to fair competition
ELECTION according to Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English election isthe process of choosing a leader, or other representatives by popular votes.
ENFRANCHISEMENT/ DISENFRACHISMENT according toDictionary.com
Enfranchisement is to grant a ballot to; admit to citizenship, especially to the right of voting.
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