Electoral Malpractices; It’s Impact On Good Governance In Nigeria

Electoral Malpractices; It’s Impact On Good Governance In Nigeria

Chapter One

ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE ITS IMPACT ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA AN EXAMINATION OF 2007 GENERAL ELECTION IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Preface

ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE ITS IMPACT ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA AN EXAMINATION OF 2007 GENERAL ELECTION IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Background Of The Study

Nigeria is one of the developing countries in Africa with 36 State presently. By the period of colonization by British Colonialism. It’s maybe true to say that outright apparel of choices in Nigeria, began with the general election of 1956 which was the immediate election after the colonization by the British which ended in 1960. Before also, the ruling party was Nigerian People’s Congress( NPC) and the National Convention of Nigerian Citizens( NCNC) was collapse after the independence in 1960.

ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE ITS IMPACT ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA AN EXAMINATION OF 2007 GENERAL ELECTION IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Each party had now formed a new alliance, the NCNC and the Action Group came United Progressive Grand Alliance while the( NPC) Northern Peoples Congress was extensively believed in the West to have patronized the malignancy of the Action Group, which aligned with Chief Ladoka Akintola’s Nigeria National Democratic Party( NNPP) to form the NNA.

ELECTORAL MALPRACTICE ITS IMPACT ON GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA AN EXAMINATION OF 2007 GENERAL ELECTION IN AKWA IBOM STATE

Despite all party agreement to insure a free and fair election of a meeting called by the former high minister all agreement reached with the( UPGA) United Progressive Grand Alliance in sworn affidavits submitted to be the chairman of the Federal Republic showed how the agreement was lift to bans on the public meeting for rallies in the North were denied and mass arrest of their campaigners and polling agents in the North.

Hence, despite the boycott, choices purportedly went on in Northern and Western Nigeria and the Federal Territory, Lagos where the NNA government were in control.

According to Nwabueze, “ noncommercial apparel ” of election especially in indigenous choices in the Western Region of 1965, it was worse than that of the 1964 election. Nwabueze in his review of study note that the crucial agent of apparel election in jilting of ballot papers were the presiding officer and bean clerks at the polling stations.

Arikpo, in his own view of study for the development of electoral malpractice he further said in Development of ultramodern Nigeria ” reported that “ the most notorious illustration of this travesty was the case of a man who won election in one of the Owo constituencies, his NNDP opponent was declared the Victor, the blazoned that he’d upon deep reflection he decided to join the NNDP a view day after blazoned was made by the Electoral Commissioner declared him the successful seeker and still dropped his that he’d upon dropped his opponent.

Statement Of The Problem

Over the times, we’ve heard a lot about electoral violence in Nigerian society and it’s a well known fact that this couldn’t bring about the achievement of a good electoral conduct of election, in which a high rapid-fire and sustainable development in the frugality of a country( Nigeria) is being unstable and in demand of a sustainable development.

From the abstaining issues, the reason why the experimenter embark upon this exploration content is to discover how electoral malpractice have been suitable to affect a good governance in Nigeria in order to achieve their set objects.

Electoral malpractice is established by the political leaders and elites in order to destabilized political competition. The process of Electoral political competition. The process of electoral malpractice the problem then’s the methodical violation of laws in which the culture of contamination is so pervasive that no bone citizens can wonder what to do.

Objects Of The Study

This study is intended to

Assess the Electoral malpractices its impact on good governances in Nigeria.

To discover the position of good governance in Nigeria

To determine the rule of effective election in Nigeria

To make necessary recommendations.

Significance Of The Study

The study of “ Electoral malpractice its impact on good governance in Nigeria is significance because it tries to examine and assess the effect of electoral malpractice on good governance by the electorate.

This study is a set course for the purpose of developing electoral process in other to achieve a set thing and put a stop for electoral malpractice. It’s also examine to set a specific recommendations for the reform of election administration and law, which will bring change within the political parties, in approaches to ending the competitive curl of electoral misconduct and strategies for easing violence and conflict. The study would further act as a guideline to pupil in advanced institution for the purpose of this exploration.

Compass And Limitation Of The Study

The focus of this study is to assay the part and effectiveness and impact of electoral malpractice on good governance in Nigeria ”, which source shall be made from all available angle and accoutrements within and outside the State.

Hence references will be drawn or made from other country of the world including report and assessment of World Bank.

Methodology Of The Study

This study is principally descriptive as result. It’ll calculate on information drawn from secondary source the material used in this exploration was precisely collected from the following particular interview, handbooks, journals, journals forum papers, lecture note and other establishing accoutrements as well as Internet.

Theoretical Frame

There are several propositions and approaches in Political Science that could stationed to analysis the part play by Electoral malpractice institutional proposition is this focuses applied in this exploration work on the colorful governmental institution, describing their structures, organisation, duties and anticipated functions with little attention paid to the institutional characteristics of governmental programs( Abdulsalami). The supposition in the proposition is that public policy is frequently initiated formed, decided and enforced by government institutions and that institution analysis concentrating on structures, arrangements, procedures and relationship with other institution can help in understanding policy expression and perpetration.

In Nigeria using this proposition, the focus policy analysis at the National position will be the Administrative( the chairman and the administrative council) the legislative body( Senate and House of Representatives) and the bar( courts). therefore, the politics of Nigeria revolves around these institutions. thus, an understanding of public policy in Nigeria would bear a study of the constitution as well as the operation and connections among these institutions.

Description Of The Term

In this exploration design it’s important to note that a single word may have further than one or two reduction of different uses. thus there’s a necessity at this point to explain some of the crucial generalities or words as used in therefore assessment or exploration work. Also in order to avoid the problem of nebulosity some crucial word similar as Electoral, Election, Governance, reform, malpractice, apparel, republic and corruption.

Electoral This are groups of people or organisation that comes together in order to handpick a person and fairly for the purpose of an election. It’s also a group of people who are choosen to represent the members of a political party in choices of a particular leader.

Election Is the act of taking campaigners to represent the people of a given country in the congress.

Governance Is a process or an exertion of governing a country or controlling a company or an organisation in which the affairs of a country is governed.

Reform This is a process of changing the behavioural system, position organisation law and mode of worshipping.

Malpractices It’s a way of careless, wrong or illegal geste while in professional work. It’s also the act of being illegal, unsatisfied work law abusement and wrong out of an organisaiton or existent.

Apparel It’s a way of impacting an organisation, society individual or group of people for illustration apparel in electoral process.

Republic Is a process or system of government organized in agreement with the principles of popular sovereignty, political and profitable Equality popular discussion and maturity rule.

Popular Sovereignty This is the process where people have the power to handpick or choose their leader.

Political and Economic Equality Is a situation were all the vote must be equal and also the competitor must be financially able for the task without depending on people.

Corruption Eventually is a way of dishonest or illegal geste it’s a bad character it also an immoral act of an organisation society or existent.

Association Of The Study

This exploration is organized in four different chapter in which chapter one introduce the work chapter two focuses on the literature review. Chapter three focuses on the electoral malpractice its impact on good governance in Nigeria A Case study and the examination of 2007 General Election in Akwa Ibom State and the bane of Rigging Election. Chapter four deals with summary conclusion and recommendation.