Youth Electoral Participation, Youth Electoral Violence and Electioneering Process in Osun State
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2018
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Department of Sociology, Faculty of the Social Sciences, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti.
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Youths in Nigeria are part of the driving force of political activities like in the electoral process. Their enthusiasm toward
participation in elections in Nigeria has been sustaining the democratic election value in the country. It is however
observed that youths are not popular as elector or occupants of political officers) upon all their vigorous involvement in all
other political events. This research assessed the motive for youths' participation in the electoral process in Osun State.
which is the study area. Also, the mixed research design was used such that both quantitative and qualitative data were
.gathered through questionnaire and in-depth interview. Descriptive statistics of tables, frequency distribution and
percentages were used to analyse the questionnaire while content analysis was used to analyse the in-depth interview. Our
findings revealed that youth's population in Osun state are mostly low-income earners, gasping for economic sustenance
and therefore consider election participation as a survival means. They participate mostly in the electoral process, not
because of loyalty to exercise their civic right, but it is due to factors like material gifts from the politicians, job promises
and, or infrastructural facilities promises by the adult politicians etc. The research, therefore, recommended that
governments at all levels in Nigeria should consider youth for better electoral education. while INEC and political parties
should also work out mechanisms internally aimed at enhancing youth participation at the governance level
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Isiaq, A. A., Fagbamila, D. O., Fagbamila, A. S. and Orekoya, O. (2018). Youth Electoral Participation, Youth Electoral Violence and Electioneering Process in Osun State. Journal of Health and Social Issues, 7(1); 89 – 97.