Browsing by Subject "Elections"
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Avoiding the pitfalls of Pre-Election Matters
(NILDS-Department of Legislative Support Services, 2020)The impact of pre-election matters in the democratic process in Nigeria cannot be ignored considering the fact that it has distorted the electioneering process in Nigeria in many instances. Pre-election matters usually ... -
Conducting Scheduled Governorship Elections in Edo and Ondo States in the Face of COVID-19 National Health Emergency in Nigeria: Possibilities and Options
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)This policy paper examines the possibilities and options of conducting the scheduled governorship elections in Edo and Ondo States in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using both primary and secondary sources of data, ... -
Democracy Without The People: Interrogating Low Voter Turnout in Nigeria’s 2019 General Elections
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)This paper examined low voter turnout in the 2019 general elections in Nigeria. The paper utilized both secondary as well as primary data sourced through a purposively administered questionnaire on a total of 260 respondents ... -
Diagnosing the Legality of Declaration of Inconclusiveness of Elections in Nigeria
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Elections in Liberated Countries
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EXCLUSION BY ELECTORAL LAWS IN NIGERIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2018-08)This paper examines the electoral laws in Nigeria to determine their impact on political exclusion and inclusion in the Nigeria democratic process. This study is necessary because participatory governance is a key ... -
Judicial activism and intervention in the electoral process: are or should courts be an alternative?
(Conference on the 2019 Elections in Nigeria, 2019-06-25) -
Nigeria’s External Image and Global Responses to the Postponing of the 2019 General Elections: A Preliminary Investigation
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)This paper interrogates the postponement of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria and the attendant international responses it elicited. It noted that Nigeria’s national elections had been similarly postponed in 2011 and ... -
NILDS Journal of Democratic Studies
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Vote Buying and Credible Elections in Nigeria: An Opinion Survey of Voters on the 2019 General Election in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), 2020)Monetary inducements has been part of the electoral process in Nigeria in recent years but the incidence of vote buying became so glaring and discredited the democratic process in the 2019 General Election. This study ...