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ABSTRACT One of the serious headaches that plagues the Nigerian political process is the phenomenon of godfatherism and its attendant official corruption. Since the inception of the 4’ Republic, the problem of godfatherism had become so pronounced and very disturbing as many states of the federation were faced with crisis of supremacy between the political godfathers and their estranged godsons. These crises were usually accompanied by unbridled official corruption in the management of ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of the Study The human race will never see the end of troubles until political power is entrusted to the lover of wisdom “Plato Republic”. My first approach to the challenge of this topic, is that we have no choice but to seed to return to the basic context in which Nigerians see the godfather or the conflicts as a segment of the political ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0     BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The history of political godfatherism is traceable to the colonial epoch through independence era, military interregnum and towards the restoration of democracy in Nigeria in what came to be known as the fourth Republic in 1999 following the terminus of military junta. The staggering posture of godfatherism in Nigerian democratic experiment leaves much to be desired. This stems from the fact ...

ABSTRACT This project examined the menace of political godfatherism, one of the major internal factors hindering the advancement of the democratization process and development of Imo state in order to validate Rostow thesis. The study employed the descriptive approach and therefore collected its data from secondary sources. Moreover, the study examined the two opposing models on the subject of development and also discussed the problem of godfatherism and its implications ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of the Study The Nigerian political process prior to the year 1999 has been dominated by military rule, but with the introduction of democratic rule after several years of political subjugation or  hostage in the hands of the military, the political process seem to be under threat with the emergence of political mentors or godfathers of public office holders .These godfathers are rich and had ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background of the Study Godfatherism establishes itself as a guiding principle in contemporary Nigerian politics. Godfatherism takes from Judeo-Christian origin to be a relationship that should exist between the spiritual guarantor and his spiritual child. In political environment, it is meant to be a relationship existing between the political guardian who have a long experience of politics and a neophyte aspiring for government job. This concept has ...

CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1    Background of the Study The human race will never see the end of troubles until political power is entrusted to the lover of wisdom “Plato Republic”. My first approach to the challenge of this topic, is that we have no choice but to seed to return to the basic context in which Nigerians see the godfather or the conflicts as a segment of the political ...

TABLE OF CONTENT Cover page Title page Approval page Dedication Abstract Acknowledgment Table of content   CHAPTER ONE 1.0     Introduction 1.1     Background of the research 1.2     Statement of research problem 1.3     Objectives of the study 1.4     Significance of the study 1.5     Research question 1.6     Research Hypothesis 1.7     Limitation of the study 1.8     Definition of terms CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0     Introduction 2.1     Review of ...