Political Parties and the Quest for Democratic Sustenance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Authors

  • Alfa Patrick Innocent Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government, Universiti Utara, Malaysia.
  • Kamarul Zaman Haji Yusoff School of International Studies, Universiti Utara, Malaysia,06010 Sintok, Kedah- Malaysia.
  • R. Sivaperegasam P. Rajanthiran School of International Studies, Universiti Utara, Malaysia,06010 Sintok, Kedah- Malaysia

Keywords:

Political Parties, Democracy, Ideologies, Intraparty Democracy, Democratic Sustenance

Abstract

This paper argues that Nigeria's Fourth Republic political parties have failed to contribute fundamentally to the country's democracy. Though it lends credence to the widely held believe that political parties are essential elements in democratic states, it contends that Nigeria's Fourth Republic political parties lack the necessary traits that would enable them make crucial inputs to democratic sustenance. As a conceptual paper, the methodology is descriptive. Through the use of secondary data
like textbooks and relevant journal articles, the paper undertook a scholarly exploration of Nigerian political parties from First to Fourth Republic and unveiled the bottlenecks that hamstring them from carrying out their democratic roles. The paper concludes with suggestions on ways of repositioning Nigerian political parties.

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Published

2021-08-12

How to Cite

Innocent , A. P., Haji Yusoff , K. Z., & Rajanthiran , R. S. P. (2021). Political Parties and the Quest for Democratic Sustenance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic. International Journal of Public Administration and Management Research , 4(1), 59-63. Retrieved from https://journals.rcmss.com/index.php/ijpamr/article/view/436

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): International Journal of Public Administration and Management Research (IJPAMR)

Section

Articles