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PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF POST ELECTION PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA: THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS.

Authors: ADESIYAN Victor

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Journal Of History And International Studies

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Successful peace building among others requires political gladiators to see election and electioneering campaign as a political game, whereby politics ends with election and government takes off. Experiences in Nigeria since independence were to the contrary thereby making post-election peace building a herculean task. The study examined basic constraints to conduct of acceptable elections and the prospect of overcoming such. It was a descriptive study that relied on secondary data source. The study argued that low incidences of post-election violence did not translate to enthronement of enduring peace now and in future. The study also found that campaign of calumny, corrupt practices by electoral stakeholders, political ethnicity and religion indoctrination, sensational news by the press, violence perpetrated by known agents, exclusive government and poverty, constituted huge challenges to post elections peace building. Study therefore recommended that to ensure smooth post-election peace building, the electoral laws should be strengthened while violators are brought to book. In addition, an inclusive government could help to minimize political antagonism while political education should be encouraged as to see elections as a means and not an end in itself.

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ADESIYAN,V. . (2019). PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF POST ELECTION PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA: THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS., 6 (), 55-55.

ADESIYAN,V. . "PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF POST ELECTION PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA: THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS." 6, no (), (2019): 55-55.

ADESIYAN,V. and . (2019). PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF POST ELECTION PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA: THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS., 6 (), pp55-55.

ADESIYANV, . PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF POST ELECTION PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA: THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS.. 2019, 6 ():55-55.

ADESIYAN,Victor , . "PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF POST ELECTION PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA: THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS.", 6 . (2019) : 55-55.

A.Victor , "PROBLEMS AND PROSPECT OF POST ELECTION PEACE BUILDING IN NIGERIA: THE 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS." vol.6, no., pp. 55-55, 2019.

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