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Civil Society And It’s Impact On Democracy In Nigeria From 2003-2013
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CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
It is the
desire of every citizen of a state, whether developed or developing to
have organizations that will make government rule them in accordance
with principle of democracy. The absence of such organizations often
results to situation where the leaders rule the people with their own
whims and caprices. Civil society and democracy have both contributed to
the betterment of Nigeria due to the fact that the civic rights of
citizens are not trampled upon and the wants and needs of the people are
looked at and used for the governance of the people.
Omodia and
Erunke (2007) thought along these lines when they observed that civil
societies emerge because of the dire or strong need to institutionalize
the culture of good governance within the regime of democratic
government. The two scholars (Omodia and Erunke) see civil society as
reinforcing mechanism for effective governance in the overall interest
of the majority of the people. They believed that civil society become
fully manifested when it is allowed to blossom bearing in mind its
relative autonomy from both state apparatuses and machinations of
selfish end of governmental survival.
Nigeria as a country has been
grappling with the issue of consolidation of democracy since her
independence in 1960. Ethnic and religious conflicts have been
threatening the survival of democracy in Nigeria and indeed its survival
as a single entity. The cause(s) of ethnic and religious conflicts can
be traced back to maladministration, corruption, poverty, unemployment
and the unfair administration of national resources by our political
leaders. The above issues threatened the corporate existence of the
Nigerian nation in the 1960's and it resulted to the emergence of the
military in politics. Now that the country has returned to civil rule,
our political leaders have answers to this problem. The way the Nigerian
government handles the issues of ethnic, political and religious
problems will determine whether democracy will survive or not.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research work examines the role of Civil Society organizations in promoting democratic governance in Nigeria from 2003-2013. Over the years, Nigeria has been battling with political, religious, economic, social, educational and electoral problems. Also there have been the problems of ineffective governance, corruption, poor service delivery just to mention but a few. The researcher believes that such societal ills as corruption, mismanagement of public funds, electricity failures and extra ... Continue reading---
