State Independent Electoral Commissions and Local Government Elections in Nigeria

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dc.contributor.authorOlaniyi, Johnson O.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-19T11:40:35Z
dc.date.available2018-12-19T11:40:35Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractMany state governments have not been allowing their State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs) to conduct elections as at when due but rather settle for 'caretaker committees'. Where elections have been conducted, the party in control of a state apparatus has been known to have cleared the polls. The general objective of this study is to assess the impact of electoral contest at the local government level on the political development of Nigeria. Specific objectives include (1) assessing the role of the political executives of a state in the determination of representation at the local government level in Nigeria; and (2) assessing the activities of SIECs in the management of local government polls. This study adopts comparative cum case study approach to analysing local government polls in Nigeria. This is discussed on a geopolitical basis. Some of the findings of the study include: (1) local government election in Nigeria is not given premium position by many state government in the political landscape of their state because of the fear of playing into the hands of their political rivals; and (2) SIECs are only independent in name and not in practice. The study recommends, among others, that (1) the country should adopt the arrangement in the aborted Third Republic where the country's EMB was empowered to conduct all elections at all levels of government and (2) local government elections in Nigeria should key into the electoral process of the country in all ramifications.en_US
dc.identifier.issn978-0-620-54598-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1480
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIndependent Service Delivery Monitoring Networksen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries5;1
dc.subjectLocal Governmenten_US
dc.subjectElection/pollen_US
dc.subjectPolitical partiesen_US
dc.subjectElection management Bodyen_US
dc.subjectElectoral Commissionsen_US
dc.titleState Independent Electoral Commissions and Local Government Elections in Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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