Politics of vote buying: A menace to vibrant democracy in Nigeria
1 Department of Political Science, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ogun State, Nigeria.
2 Department of Archaeology and Tourism University of Nigeria, Enugu State, Nigeria.
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International Journal of Science and Technology Research Archive, 2022, 03(01), 143–147.
Article DOI: 10.53771/ijstra.2022.3.1.0078
Publication history:
Received on 14 July 2022; revised on 25 August 2022; accepted on 27 August 2022
Abstract:
This paper reviews the vote buying in Nigeria electoral and political process, while vote buying has constantly been the bane to better democratic process, on the contrary, the expectation of representative democracy was thwarted. This has been a cyclical element that has posed lot of danger to getting the best out of election as a major element of democracy in selecting an apt candidate that will bring out best in governance. The structure is now inherently bastardized and has been a cankerworm to primary and general election as it cannot survive the potency of electoral act. While efforts to eliminate vote buying or money politics proved abortive, this in turn necessitated this paper in bringing the best out of our processes.
Keywords:
Politics; Democracy; Voting Buying; General election; Primary election
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