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THE IMPACT OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SUSTAINING DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Nigeria experience with democracy has been epileptic since 1960 when she got her independence from the British administration, 1999 will be the third attempt,(if the third republic is excluded as it was abolished even before it started) in coming to grasp with democratic ethos. In each, practices widely accepted to be at variance with true spirit of democracy was perceived to be ...

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CHANGE IN POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION AND ITS IMPACT ON THE ECONOMY: AN APPRAISAL OF THE MUHAMMADU BUHARI’S ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF STUDY As our faces are different so is our vision and methodology; all the presidents Nigeria has had have their own goal before becoming the president of Nigeria; these differences ranges from the time of general Sani Abacha to the time of Buhari; all these are still for the better things to come for Nigeria. These changes in political administration has significant effect on ...

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LOCAL GOVERNANCE AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA

ABSTRACT The main aim of the research work is to find out the relationship between good governance and rural development, the research work made use of primary data obtained from the research questionnaires distributed among 200 respondents in Egbeda local government area of Oyo state, the chi-square and the pearson correlation were used for the purpose of analysis. The result of the analysis shows that there is a significant relationship ...

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IMPACT OF TRANSFORMATION AGENDA ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA DURING JONATHAN ADMINISTRATION

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF STUDY Nigeria is a nation with great vision and plans to the growth and development of its economy. President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan assumed the office as the president of Nigeria on 29 may, 2011. So many has happened in his regime; the president (Goodluck Ebele Jonathan) with his team made a pladge to use the platform of the programs in transformation agenda to better ...

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THE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN POLITICAL ADMINISTRATION ON THE NIGER DELTA PROBLEM

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of the Study Nigeria’s oil-rich Niger Delta is situated in the south of Nigeria and centers on the natural delta of the Niger River. All of Nigeria’s oil production takes place on the land or waters of the nine oil producing states comprising the extended delta region. (Some of the delta’s key features are summarized in Table 1.1 below.) Beginning in late 2005 and until ...

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CARD READERS ON ELECTION CREDIBILITY (ISSUES AND PROSPECTS)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY The use of card readers at the 2015 general election in Nigeria has infused some level of transparency and credibility into Nigeria's electoral process (Okonji, 2015). It was observed that when the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) first announced its plan to introduce card reader machine for the March 28 and April 11 2015 general elections, many Nigerians, especially politicians, vehemently opposed ...

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CARD READER AS A TOOL FOR ELECTION TRANSPARENCY (2015 ELECTIONS)

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1  BACKGROUND OF STUDY The electoral process in Nigeria has gain a lot of transparency since the inception of the use of card reader as the tool for the credibility. The continous occourance of electoral malpractice in Nigeria political election has had a negative effect on its reputation and relaibility. According to (Akinboye, 2005) states that the effective management of the Nigeria electoral process has become significantly ...

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ELECTORAL VIOLENCE AS A THREAT TO NIGERIAN DEMOCRACY

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page         -           -           -           -           -           -           - Approval Page -           -           -           -           -           - Declaration      -           -           -           -           -           -           - Dedication       -           -           -           -           -           -           - Acknowledgement       -           -           -           -           -           - Abstract           -           -           -           -           -           -           - Table of Contents        -           -           -           -           -           - CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study         -           ...

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AN APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF INEC IN THE ELECTORAL PROCESS

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page         -           -           -           -           -           -           - Approval Page -           -           -           -           -           - Declaration      -           -           -           -           -           -           - Dedication       -           -           -           -           -           -           - Acknowledgement       -           -           -           -           -           - Abstract           -           -           -           -           -           -           - Table of Contents        -           -           -           -           -           - CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study         -           ...

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON THE NIGERIAN HOUSING MODEL

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   Background of the Study     Housing is a crucial basic need of every human being just as food and clothing (Aribigbola, 2006:53). It is very fundamental to the welfare, survival and health of man (Fadamiro et al, 2004). Hence, housing is one of the best indicators of a person’s standard of living and his place in the society. The location and type of housing can ...

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UNITED STATE OF AMERICA AND THE POLITICS OF GULF

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page         -           -           -           -           -           - Approval Page -           -           -           -           -           - Declaration      -           -           -           -           -           -           - Dedication       -           -           -           -           -           -           - Acknowledgement       -           -           -           -           -           - Abstract           -           -           -           -           -           -           - Table of Contents        -           -           -           -           -           - CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study         -           -           ...

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM AND POLITICAL MOBILIZATION IN NIGERIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page         -           -           -           -           -           -           - Approval Page -           -           -           -           -           - Declaration      -           -           -           -           -           -           - Dedication       -           -           -           -           -           -           - Acknowledgement       -           -           -           -           -           - Abstract           -           -           -           -           -           -           - Table of Contents        -           -           -           -           -           - CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study         -           ...

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LEGISLATURE AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The co-ordination of the system, people, and the polity is the responsibility of government who is the  custodian of the sovereignty of the entire citizenry which collectively and willingly they have submitted to it in return for peaceful and meaningful co-existence propelled by law and good government. It is therefore pertinent to say that  the responsibility of the government is to provide ...

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AN ANALYSIS OF RELIGION AND POLITICAL CRISIS IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of the Study Violent conflict is a great predicament in any human society, and most times, it is predictable. While history shows that conflict is ubiquitous and often useful element in human relations and may occur within and among individuals and groups, violent conflict is rarely productive. In the case of Nigeria, one of the several types of violent conflicts that constantly plague the ...

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CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATION AND THE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN NIGERIA

TABLE OF CONTENTS Title Page         -           -           -           -           -           -           - Approval Page -           -           -           -           -           - Declaration      -           -           -           -           -           -           - Dedication       -           -           -           -           -           -           - Acknowledgement       -           -           -           -           -           - Abstract           -           -           -           -           -           -           - Table of Contents        -           -           -           -           -           - CHAPTER ONE – INTRODUCTION 1.1       Background of the Study         -           ...

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CORRUPTION AND CREDIBLE ELECTORAL PROCESS IN NIGERIA 2007-2015

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The louts of sovereignty by various polities that dotted Nigerian landscape at the beginning of the twentieth century and the subsequent amalgamation of 1914 that tried to create a nation out of the multi-cultural and political institutions, the evolution of acceptable government at the centre most especially through free and fair election has been a matter of concern. This has become a ...

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THE IMPACT OF GOOD LEADERSHIP IN OUR SOCIETY

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Leadership is a very important issue in any society and organization. Most organizations particularly the public sector organization has been described performing below expectation because of the quality of leadership they enjoy. Leadership is vitally important at all levels within the society. Leadership is the moral and intellectual ability to visualize and work for what is best for the country and its citizens. ...

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THE PROBLEMS OF EFFECTIVE UTILIZATION OF REVENUE AVAILABLE TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1   BACK GROUND OF THE STUDY Nigeria as a sovereign nation operates a federal system of government i.e the federal government, state government and the local government councils. Onwo (1992) Observed that each level of the three tiers of government derive its powers not from the magnanimity of the central government but from the constitution; each level of government has defined responsibilities assigned to it by the ...

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THE IMPACT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE SOCIETY

1.1   BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY It has been observed that the way to have good and safe government is not to trust it all to one, but to divide it among many, distributing to every one exactly the function he is competent to. This is why local government as the third tier of government is very important. In recent times, local governments in Nigeria have been assigned specific development roles by ...

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THE STRUCTURE OF NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

ABSTRACT This project research work describes and analyses the structure of Nigerian government and politics between 1999 and 2007 in other to improve the understanding of the operation of government and politics in Nigeria. The research also observed that the Nigerian Political System is a federal republic with a presidential system, and that the constitution provides for a separation of powers among the three branches of government. The first chapter ...

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