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Political Culture, Party Politics and Electoral Disputes: Implications on Nigerian Democracy

Authors: OSAH Goodnews

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: International Journal Of African Culture And Ideas

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The problems of Nigeriaâ€˜s democratic setting are enormous and always characterized by factors that have fundamentally stifled the quest of her democracy. Since the 1960â€˜s, politics of identity cum ethnic coloration has become one of the banes of politics in Nigeria. The conduct of elections over the years has led to her not being able to produce credible results due to politics of identity. One wonders if Nigeria is really a democratic nation; or does voting alone imply adoption of democratic tenets? To answer this question, this article interrogated the challenges of ethnic identity towards the enthronement of democracy. Thus, its literature focused on democracy, elections, political culture and ethnic identity. The study is descriptive in nature and adopted identity politics as its theoretical framework. Findings revealed that cultural affiliation plays major role in Nigeriaâ€˜s democracy, and this has brought setback towards the emergence of a focus driven leader. It is equally found out that politics of identity as far as Nigeriaâ€˜s democracy is concerned is unhealthy as it is prone to unequal distribution of wealth which most time aggravates political crises. Hence, this paper recommends the need to liberalize Nigeriaâ€˜s democracy where everyone has equal right to vote and be voted for without any threat; also, where every citizen embraces with passion, the Nigeriaâ€˜s projects as against cultural and ethnic acculturation.

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OSAH,G. . (2015). Political Culture, Party Politics and Electoral Disputes: Implications on Nigerian Democracy, 15 (), 19-19.

OSAH,G. . "Political Culture, Party Politics and Electoral Disputes: Implications on Nigerian Democracy" 15, no (), (2015): 19-19.

OSAH,G. and . (2015). Political Culture, Party Politics and Electoral Disputes: Implications on Nigerian Democracy, 15 (), pp19-19.

OSAHG, . Political Culture, Party Politics and Electoral Disputes: Implications on Nigerian Democracy. 2015, 15 ():19-19.

OSAH,Goodnews , . "Political Culture, Party Politics and Electoral Disputes: Implications on Nigerian Democracy", 15 . (2015) : 19-19.

O.Goodnews , "Political Culture, Party Politics and Electoral Disputes: Implications on Nigerian Democracy" vol.15, no., pp. 19-19, 2015.

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