Sustainable Democratic Governance In Nigeria

Democratic governance means exercising state power with the people’s consent. Also, democratic governance gives every citizen a say in how decisions are made in their state affairs. For any democratic governance to be good and sustainable, it must have the characteristics of accountability and transparency. Meanwhile, the political system of Nigeria was developed to manage social diversity in a political economy based on oil natural resources. Nigeria’s political structures were built on the politics of managing diversity and allocating resources among the regions. The country’s federal system has created tension between how much power is worked from the center and how much gets to the constituent states and local governments. This book, therefore, considered how Nigeria’s democratic governance can be sustained since all attributes of good governance are largely non-existent. Nigeria’s governance has been embedded with corruption, bad governance/leadership, non-transparency, poor conduction of elections, and so on. It is on this note that this book gives some suggestions on how governance can be people-oriented and how they can enjoy the dividends of democracy.