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2011 Presidential Election and the Political Participation in Nigeria
Get PDFThe study examined the 2011 presidential election and the level of citizens’ participation in Nigeria. The study showed the preparation, challenges and the conduct of 2011 election in Nigeria with a major reference to the presidential election. The study further observed that there was an average level of citizens’ participation in the 2011 presidential poll. By embarking on comparative analysis, the participation of the electorates in the 2011 presidential election was low compared to the previous presidential elections Nigeria had in the era of fourth republic. It was revealed that incessant electoral fraud introduced into the electoral game by the politicians, loss of public confi dence and ‘do or die’ syndrome might be responsible for low level of voters’ turn out. The study also observed that the 2011 elections were just a watershed on the previous elections of the fourth republic. The study recommended that lapses of the 2011 elections should be taken care of by the INEC in order to further consolidating and deepening democracy in Nigeria.Key words: Presidential poll; Political parties; Election; Electoral fraud; DemocracyRésumé L’étude a examiné l’élection présidentielle 2011 et le niveau de participation des citoyens au Nigeria. L’étude a montré les défis de préparation, et la conduite des élections de 2011 au Nigeria avec une référence majeure pour l’élection présidentielle. L’étude a également observé qu’il y avait un niveau moyen de la participation des citoyens au scrutin présidentielle de 2011. En s’engageant sur l’analyse comparative, la participation des électeurs à l’élection présidentielle de 2011 a été faible par rapport aux précédentes élections présidentielles au Nigeria avaient à l’époque de la IVe République. Il a été révélé que la fraude électorale incessante introduit dans le jeu électoral par les politiciens, la perte de la confiance du public et ‘ne meurent ou’ syndrome pourrait être responsable de faible niveau des électeurs tourner. L’étude a également observé que les élections de 2011 étaient juste un bassin versant sur les élections précédentes de la quatrième république. L’étude a recommandé que les défaillances des élections de 2011 devraient être pris en charge par la CENI en vue de consolider et renforcer la démocratie au Nigeria.Mots clés: Election présidentielle; Les partis politiques; Des élections; La fraude électorale; La Démocrati
ELECTION, MONEY POLITICSAND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA
Get PDFAlthough money politics contributes significantly to democracy, it also has negative impact on sustaining democracy in developing democracies such as Nigeria and other African countries. Due to this, the study examines the antecedents of money politics with a view to establishing the reasons responsible for money politics, the strengths and shortcomings of money politics and the implications it has on sustaining democracy in Nigeria. Making use of secondary sources of data, the study found out that increase in population cum high value of money, increase in number of political parties, high intensity of electoral contests and desperation to control government by political class are the factors responsible for money bag politics. Despite the fact that money politics hasthe strengths, it has implications of encouraging looters, eroding competence of the candidate, weakening political participation and undermining democratic governance in Nigeria. The study concludes that unregulated money politics in elections by political parties and politicians has debilitating impact on sustaining democracy and that it is only the hostile stance of government that can completely root out the pervasive money bag politics in Nigeria. The study recommends that government should redesign the framework of money bag politics in order to ensure strict compliance by the political parties and other stakeholders in the conduct of election in Nigeria
Zoning Formula and the Party Politics in Nigerian Democracy: a Crossroad for PDP in 2015 Presidential Election
Get PDFThe phenomena of zoning and political parties are high stake politics in Nigeria’s democracy. This is because zoning is seen as a mechanism of uniting various diverse people while political parties are the vehicle for realising democracy in Nigeria. Making use of the secondary data, the study examines the issue of zoning/power shift in connection with the party politics with reference to the People Democratic Party (PDP) in Nigerian body politic. It is observed that the emergence of President Jonathan in 2011 presidential election is a dilemma because the 2015 election has to settle the contentious zoning formula of PDP to satisfy every zone, particularly the South East, to avoid an imploding consequence
Political Godfathers and Electoral Culture in Nigeria
No full textThis paper investigates the change from a progressive and benevolent electoral culture exhibited by the early godfathers to self-enrichment as exhibited by the contemporary godfathers in Nigeria. It examines the factors that make such culture possible and the strategies that can curb such act. Making use of primary and secondary sources of data, the study reveals that economic reasons, greed,impact of military rule, civilization and complexity of society are the factorsresponsible for the change from community interest to the culture of self enrichment through surrogates by the godfathers. It recommends thatgovernment should make the elective positions unattractive, lower the finances associated with electoral politics and give less consideration to the political godfathers in Nigerian politics
Political Godfathers and Electoral Culture in Nigeria
No full textThis paper investigates the change from a progressive and benevolent electoral culture exhibited by the early godfathers to self-enrichment as exhibited by the contemporary godfathers in Nigeria. It examines the factors that make such culture possible and the strategies that can curb such act. Making use of primary and secondary sources of data, the study reveals that economic reasons, greed,impact of military rule, civilization and complexity of society are the factorsresponsible for the change from community interest to the culture of self enrichment through surrogates by the godfathers. It recommends thatgovernment should make the elective positions unattractive, lower the finances associated with electoral politics and give less consideration to the political godfathers in Nigerian politics
Prevalence of chronic cough, its risk factors and population attributable risk in the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study: a multinational cross-sectional study
No full text© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Background: Chronic cough is a common respiratory symptom with an impact on daily activities and quality of life. Global prevalence data are scarce and derive mainly from European and Asian countries and studies with outcomes other than chronic cough. In this study, we aimed to estimate the prevalence of chronic cough across a large number of study sites as well as to identify its main risk factors using a standardised protocol and definition.
Methods: We analysed cross-sectional data from 33,983 adults (≥40 years), recruited between Jan 2, 2003 and Dec 26, 2016, in 41 sites (34 countries) from the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study. We estimated the prevalence of chronic cough for each site accounting for sampling design. To identify risk factors, we conducted multivariable logistic regression analysis within each site and then pooled estimates using random-effects meta-analysis. We also calculated the population attributable risk (PAR) associated with each of the identifed risk factors.
Findings: The prevalence of chronic cough varied from 3% in India (rural Pune) to 24% in the United States of America (Lexington,KY). Chronic cough was more common among females, both current and passive smokers, those working in a dusty job, those with a history of tuberculosis, those who were obese, those with a low level of education and those with hypertension or airflow limitation. The most influential risk factors were current smoking and working in a dusty job.
Interpretation: Our findings suggested that the prevalence of chronic cough varies widely across sites in different world regions. Cigarette smoking and exposure to dust in the workplace are its major risk factors.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
