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Crude Oil Politics and Electoral Violence in Bayelsa State, 1999 – 2019
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)
Since the return to civilian government in Nigeria on May 29th, 1999, elections in Bayelsa state have been characterised by violence. This intensification of the struggle for power often results in election related violence ...
Look Before Leaping, A Cautious Note on Nigeria’s E-Voting
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)
Both institutional and procedural uncertainties have marred electoral practices and resulted into gross misconduct in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. In 2015, the Smart Card Reader (SCR) was introduced to Nigeria’s elections ...
Repositioning the Nigerian State Through the Synthesis of Arts, Religion and Politics
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)
Fifty years after independence, Nigeria still confronts several basic problems of insecurity, underdevelopment, electoral malpractices, corruption and poverty, poor standard of education, infrastructure deficit, religious ...
In-Feminism and Women-Women Marginalisation in Ogun State, Nigeria
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)
The importance of women in the society cannot be downplayed. Today, what has become a social problem is women-women marginalisation in politics and political process despite the fact that women constitute significant ...
E-Government Implementation in Nigeria: Building a New Paradigm for Public Trust
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)
This study investigated how the online delivery of public services (e-government) has impacted public trust in the Nigerian government. This was done using an electronic survey conducted with 13,743 users of online government ...
National Assembly, Federal Budget and Appropriation in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: 1999-2019
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)
The paper examines the role played by the legislature in the appropriation and budget process in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic from 1999 to 2019. Using data generated from primary source such as interview and reports and ...
Climate Governance and Legislation in Nigeria: Matters Arising
(Department of Democratic Governance, 2021)
Climate governance in Nigeria is a new entrant to the domain of public interest and attempts at legislating on it through agenda setting in-roads and eventual attainment of the list of state responsibilities for public ...
Leveraging equity and fairness in the distribution of political positions to promote unity and security in Nigeria
(National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, 2021)
Nigeria has witnessed diverse forms of insecurity and conflicts in the past ten years. This ranges from farmers-herders conflicts, Boko Haram insurgency, ethnic violence, religious extremism, kidnapping, and political ...
Dominant Power Politics and Democratic Consolidation in Zimbabwe Circa, 1980-2017 A.D
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)
This paper examines issues in principles and practices of democratic consolidation in Zimbabwe. The political system in Zimbabwe theoretically upheld a multiparty system and has held periodic elections since 1980 but ...
Constituency Representation in Nigeria: An Assessment of Taraba State Federal Legislators (2013 – 2019)
(NILDS-Department of Democracy and Governance, 2021)
This paper interrogates the representation of Federal legislators in Nigeria using Taraba Federal Legislative Constituencies as the area of study. The objective was to establish coherence between the actions and functions ...