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Insecurity and Electoral Administration in Nigeria

Version 1 : Received: 15 March 2023 / Approved: 16 March 2023 / Online: 16 March 2023 (06:21:49 CET)

How to cite: Atidoga Esq, D. F.; Aduku, A. Insecurity and Electoral Administration in Nigeria. Preprints 2023, 2023030298. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0298.v1 Atidoga Esq, D. F.; Aduku, A. Insecurity and Electoral Administration in Nigeria. Preprints 2023, 2023030298. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202303.0298.v1

Abstract

This study is centred on Insecurity and Electoral Administration in Nigeria. Elections are the leading mechanism for selecting governments and a cardinal feature of democratisation. The quest for fair representation, development, good governance, inclusiveness and a true sense of belonging has been the driving force for election. The conduct of credible elections remains one of the thorny and fundamental issues in a democracy. The trajectory of electoral administration in Nigeria is long and tortuous; it precedes independence and is punctuated by the elite's scheming and cunning, electoral fraud, gimmicks and violence. Nigeria has had its fair share of insecurity from diverse sources such as banditry, insurgency, recurring violent religious crises, ethnic, resource and poverty-induced militancy, and crises occasioned by the clamour for self-determination. This has left the electoral management body in a quandary and has undoubtedly imperilled the administration of elections in Nigeria and equally accentuated the temerity for a holistic approach in reversing the trend and engendering the right atmosphere for the administration of elections. This study depends mainly on secondary sources and uses qualitative means in data analysis. It is revealed in this study that violence and various degrees of interruptions have taken the front burner in the democratisation process and are one of the dangerous dimensions in electoral administration; electoral politics remains one of the remarkable principal bases of clashes, political failure and social dislocation, Elections and their administration are some of the most complicated, time-sensitive activities undertaken by any country which will be exacerbated by insecurity. Democratic elections are successful when the electorate can make informed decisions; when faith in the process is sustained; when fraud is disincentivised, detected and punished. When insecurity is whittled down, mitigated or eradicated. The need for electoral security can never be overemphasised.

Keywords

Election management body; election administration; insecurity; democratisation process; electoral security

Subject

Social Sciences, Political Science

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