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Item Development Partners, Civil Society Organisations and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria(Department of Political Science and International Relations, Osun State University, Nigeria., 2018) Abubakar Abdulrahman; Zekeri, Momoh; Aliu Fatima O.; Isiaq, Abdulwaheed A.Donor support for Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Nigeria has grown over the years with noticeable increase since the return of the country democratic rule on May 29, 1999. However, involvement and impact of CSOs in Nigeria's democratic processes have been treated with mixed feeling. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between development partners. civil society and democratic consolidation in Nigeria. Moreover, data for this study were obtained from text books. Journal articles. DFID report. USAID report and other similar international agencies. However. we discovered that there is absence of capacity development of Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) at the state and local government level rather there is capacity development at the.national level. This has resulted to the marginalisation of state based civil society organisation that have contributed in demanding for accountability from political parties, elected officials, the media at-the state level. We argued here that for CSOs to effectively participate in democratic consolidation process in Nigeria their resource base and capacity must be enhanced for them to pay greater attention to grassroots development especially in the area of infrastructure.Item Elections and Democratization in Nigeria: Some thoughts on the 2015 Genral Election(Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Federal University Dutse, Jigawa State, 2019-06) Hassan A. Saliu; Solomon I. Ifekija; Aliu Fatima O.Election in Nigeria since the advent of the fourth republic have been unique and remarkable. However, the 2015 general elections unarguably remain the most prominent in the history of elections and election management in Nigeria owing to the high significant changes it brought onto the countries electoral system and politics in general. The paper examines the 2015 general election with a focus on the changes brought in their wake with respect to the processes and the impacts of their outcomes on the country's democracy. The paper finds out that while certain common elements that have characterized Nigeria's electoral process and system since independence, such as lack of credible party primaries, electoral violence, electoral malpractice among others, resurfaced in the 2015 elections, the country's electoral and political space witnessed major transformations including technological innovation, improved funding for INEC, signing of peace accord by major political parties, and the acceptance of defeat by the incumbent candidate, all of which speak volume about improved transparency of the entire process and relative success of the polls. In light of this, the paper argues that Nigeria needs to consolidate on the gains brought about by those changes as a way of bracing up for future elections and further strengthening her democracy. Expectedly, the paper recommends among others, the integration of peace accord into Nigeria's electoral law.