Post-Electoral Violence and National Development in Nigeria
Election is generally accepted in all climes of the world as the hallmark of democracy. Political scientists and development theorists link free, fair and credible elections to democratic governance, peace and development. In brief, they argue that free, fair and credible elections provide the basi...
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Department of General Studies, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti
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Election is generally accepted in all climes of the world as the hallmark of democracy. Political scientists and development theorists link free, fair and credible elections to democratic governance, peace and development. In brief, they argue that free, fair and credible elections provide the basis for the emergence of democratic, accountable and legitimate governments with the capacity to initiate and implement clearly articulated development programmes. Again, they claim that free, fair and credible elections empower the electorate to hold the government accountable and to demand strong credentials and feasible development agenda from prospective government officials. In other words, free, fair and credible elections bestow on governments the legitimate authority to, on one hand, initiate and implement policies; while on the other hand, they empower the
citizens to hold governments accountable for their actions and/or inactions. Credible elections are,
therefore, sine qua non for democratic governance, political stability and national development
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| spelling | doaj.art-42a12df7b114467ea1aca3c21047a0232025-02-17T14:28:40ZengDepartment of General Studies, Afe Babalola University, Ado-EkitiABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO3043-44752014-05-012210.53982/agidigbo.2014.0202.03-jPost-Electoral Violence and National Development in NigeriaBidemi Gafar Badmus0Political Science Programme, Centre for Distance Learning, University of Ibadan, Ibadan Election is generally accepted in all climes of the world as the hallmark of democracy. Political scientists and development theorists link free, fair and credible elections to democratic governance, peace and development. In brief, they argue that free, fair and credible elections provide the basis for the emergence of democratic, accountable and legitimate governments with the capacity to initiate and implement clearly articulated development programmes. Again, they claim that free, fair and credible elections empower the electorate to hold the government accountable and to demand strong credentials and feasible development agenda from prospective government officials. In other words, free, fair and credible elections bestow on governments the legitimate authority to, on one hand, initiate and implement policies; while on the other hand, they empower the citizens to hold governments accountable for their actions and/or inactions. Credible elections are, therefore, sine qua non for democratic governance, political stability and national development https://journals.abuad.edu.ng/index.php/agidigbo/article/view/569ViolenceElectoral ViolencePost-Electoral ViolenceNational DevelopmentNigeria |
| spellingShingle | Bidemi Gafar Badmus Post-Electoral Violence and National Development in Nigeria ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBO Violence Electoral Violence Post-Electoral Violence National Development Nigeria |
| title | Post-Electoral Violence and National Development in Nigeria |
| title_full | Post-Electoral Violence and National Development in Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Post-Electoral Violence and National Development in Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post-Electoral Violence and National Development in Nigeria |
| title_short | Post-Electoral Violence and National Development in Nigeria |
| title_sort | post electoral violence and national development in nigeria |
| topic | Violence Electoral Violence Post-Electoral Violence National Development Nigeria |
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