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8 Int'l J. Advanced Legal Stud. & Governance 1 (2019)

handle is hein.journals/ijalsg8 and id is 1 raw text is: International Journal of Advanced Legal Studies and Governance Volume 8, Number 1, April 2019 ISSN: 2141-6710 Published By International Centre for Integrated Development Research, Ikot Ekpene, Nigeria In collaboration with Copperstone University, Luanshya, Zambia. Good Governance and Consolidation of Democracy in Nigeria: Issues and Prospects Dick Uduma Onyedikachi Madueke ABSTRACT After 18 years of return to civil rule, Nigeria continues to grapple with the challenges of democratic consolidation and good governance. All efforts by successive civilian governments to entrench true democracy and good governance in the country seem to have met brick walls in which for every step, two are lost. The generality of Nigeria, had expected that the return to democratic rule in the country in 1999 will usher in a new dawn. These optimism, hope and great expectation seem to have been dashed. This work interrogates this state of affair and shed lights on those critical elements in the country's democratic experiment that tend to frustrate the enthronement of democracy and good governance. The work recommends among others, transformational leadership that works the talk, policy of inclusiveness, effective fight against corruption and free and fair elections as the way forward for domestication of democracy and good governance in the country. Keywords: Democracy, good governance, transformation, development and challenges INTRODUCTION Despite all social and economic policies that have been implemented by successive administrations, Nigeria has remained a laggard in social, economic and political developments. Subsequently, political instability, abject poverty, acute youth unemployment, heightened crime rate, poor health prospects, widespread malnourishment have been the main feature of Nigeria political economy. The history of Nigeria's democratization began at independence with the adoption of democratic institution modeled after the British West Minister Parliamentary System. After independence, the new Dick Uduma (Ph.D) is an Associate Professor of Political Science, while Onyedikachi Madueke is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Science, Abia State University, Uturu, Abia State, Nigeria. This Work is licensed under 1 https://creativecommons.org/icenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/

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