About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

19 J. Pol. Stud. 1 (2012)

handle is hein.journals/jlo19 and id is 1 raw text is: Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 19, Issue - 1,2012, 01:17 Changing Perspectives of Nigeria Political Development: From militarism to incumbency and godfatherism J.C. Okoye; E.A. Egboh and Emma E.O. Chukwuemeka Abstract Nigeria is one of the neo colonial and developing nations of the third world. The military ruled Nigeria between 1966 to 1979; 1984 to 1999. Military dominance in Nigeria politics has in no small measure impacted negatively on the political development of Nigeria. Therefore political development of Nigeria has been going at a snail speed not only due to frequent military incursion in government but also due to many other impediments which include ethnicity, incumbency politics, tenure elongation, godfatherism and poor political orientation The paper which is theoretical and persuasive examined all these factors critically and recommended among other things that National Assembly should pass a law to make elective office a single tenure. The economy of Nigeria should be organized to make it more productive and also to devise a vision of society within which each person can reasonably perceive that equity and social justice are firmly on the national agenda. To eradicate ethnic politics in Nigeria efforts should be made towards equitable distribution of social, political and economic gains of the polity. Finally efforts should be made to enforce the section of the constitution that dwelt on the formation of political parties that are devoid of ethnicity. Keywords: Democracy, governance, godfatherism, incumbency Introduction Nigeria gained her flag independence by October 1, 1960, and by 1963, she became a Republic. The first indigenous elections in 1964/65 were marred by bloody incidences and these torpedoed the civil rule by giving military the opportunity to execute a coup by January 15, 1966 (Anyanwu, 2003). This ended the Nigerian 1st Republic. The January 15, 1966 coup brought about counter coups, which eventually culminated in the 1967-1970 Nigerian civil war fought between Nigeria and Biafra. Biafra was primarily people of Igbo . Authors are Professor of Public Administration, Dean of Social Sciences and Sr. Lecturer of Public Administration Department. Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most