Browsing by Author "Adakai, F.A."

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    Intra-Party Conflict and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria's Fourth Republic: A Review of All Progressive Congress(APC)
    (Department of Political Science, Umaru Musa Yaradua University, Katsina, 2019-05-09) Adakai, F.A.; Olorunsuwa, E.O.
    Political activities in Nigeria Fourth Republic was hitherto dominated by People Democratic Party for sixteen years. The party, for four uninterrupted general elections continually won the presidency and was able to secure comfortable majority in both Houses of the National Assembly. Majority of the states were under the control of the Party while opposition parties scrambled for few seats at the parliament and they managed to win few states. The domineering posture of PDP was however truncated in 2015 by all Progressive Congress (APC); a conglomeration of four leading political parties that merged in 2014 and late a faction of the then ruling party- PDP consisting of five state governors. APC from inception has had a fair share of intra-party conflict that has threatened the survival of the party. It is against this background that this paper, relying on qualitative method, sought to interrogate the causes of intra-party conflict within the fold of the APC and its attendant impacts on Nigeria’s young democracy. Going by the unavoidable yet, important functions party performs in a democracy, the paper provided a number for recommendation to forestall a slip into the ugly past of political violence caused by intra-party conflict.
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    Legislative- executive conflict in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic: Implication for good governance
    (Department of Political Science, University of Jos, Jos, 2019-02-08) Adakai, F.A.; Olorunsuwa, E.O.
    Modern democracy can only be made possible through the instrumentality of representation that is provided by the legislature. Presidentlalism however offers to a very large extent the full operation of principles of separation of powers and checks and balances. In the course of these arms of government performing their constitutional functions, chances are high that conflict would arise especially between the legislature and the executive. The Nigeria s Fourth Republic experience has being dotted with series of inter-arm conflict between the executive and the legislature. This phenomenon has not provided the needed grounds for the consolidation of Nigeria s democracy. It is against the backdrop that this paper investigated the causes of conflicts between the executive and legislature; and the impacts of such conflicts on democratic consolidation of Nigeria s Forth Republic. The study relied on secondary sources of data for review. The study however discovered that harmonious and peaceful working relationships between the executive and legislature is but most necessary factor for democratic consolidation. It concluded by emphasizing the importance of legislative- executive cordiality as the most important factor to ensure the engendering of good governance, democratic dividends as well as consolidating the nascent Nigeria’s democracy. It went further by offering as suggestions for the strengthening of democratic institutions and structures as well as continuous capacity building and training for members of both arms as possible escape route for damaging inter arm conflict in Nigeria Forth Republic democratic experiment.
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    Legislative-Executive Conflict in Nigeria's Fourth Republic: Implications for Democratic Consolidation
    (Department of Political Science, University of Jos, Jos, 2019-04-24) Adakai, F.A.; Olorunsuwa, E.O.
    Modern democracy can only be made possible through the instrumentality of representation that is provided by the legislature. Presidentlalism however offers to a very large extent the full operation of principles of separation of powers and checks and balances. In the course of these arms of government performing their constitutional functions, chances are high that conflict would arise especially between the legislature and the executive. The Nigerias Fourth Republic experience has being dotted with series of inter-arm conflict between the executive and the legislature. This phenomenon has not provided the needed grounds for the consolidation of Nigerias democracy. It is against the backdrop that this paper investigated the causes of conflicts between the executive and legislature; and the impacts of such conflicts on democratic consolidation of Nigerias Forth Republic. The study relied on secondary sources of data for review. The study however discovered that harmonious and peaceful working relationships between the executive and legislature is but most necessary factor for democratic consolidation. It concluded by emphasizing the importance of legislative- executive cordiality as the most important factor to ensure the engendering of good governance, democratic dividends as well as consolidating the nascent Nigerias democracy. It went further by offering as suggestions for the strengthening of democratic institutions and structures as well as continuous capacity building and training for members of both arms as possible escape route for damaging inter arm conflict in Nigeria Forth Republic democratic experiment.