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Voters’ Behaviour And The 2015 General Election Process In Nigeria
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Nigeria is one of the most ethnicallyand religiously diverse country in Africa, and over time ethnic and religious considerationshave been built into the electoral system itself. These factors were overly observed in the 2015 general elections, Monitor (2015)reports that on a geo-political zone basis, the South-Southhad the greatest voter turnout with 59% closely followed bythe North-West with 54%. The South-West had the lowestturnout in the country with just 37%. This study investigated voters’ behaviour and the 2015 general election process in Nigeria. The study adopted qualitative approach. The success of the study relied mainly on secondary data which were sourced from textbooks, newspapers, magazines, from archives of libraries like the Covenant University, Ota, University of Lagos library and the internet. The findings of the study revealed that religion, ethnicity and regionalism all significantly influenced voter’s behaviour in the 2015 general elections in Nigeria. Also party affiliation significantly influenced voter’s behavior in the 2015 general elections. To this end, the study recommended that the culture of legitimacy by results must be maintained by Nigerians, implying that people should vote for an individual based on his historical records, what he has been able to achieve before and what he is likely to achieve now, not to select representatives on the basis of religion, ethnicity, tribalism or regional affiliation.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Since the inauguration of the fourth republic, a
pattern is already emerging which points to the fact that political
elites have not learnt much from the mistakes of the past. The various
crises plaguing the major parties and emerging ones and the various
inter-party crisis of the defections in the Nigeria, cross carpeting of
representatives and other elected officers in the country are vivid
instances of this tendency. This danger has resulted to the high level
of political abduct ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]Since the inauguration of the fourth republic, a
pattern is already emerging which points to the fact that political
elites have not learnt much from the mistakes of the past. The various
crises plaguing the major parties and emerging ones and the various
inter-party crisis of the defections in the Nigeria, cross carpeting of
representatives and other elected officers in the country are vivid
instances of this tendency. This danger has resulted to the high level
of political abduct ... Continue reading---
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