Development Partners and Nigeria's Electoral Process : An Assessment of UNDP's Intervention (2010-2015)

ISBN-13: 9786202061476 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 188 str.

Zekeri Momoh

Opis

Nigeria position as a regional hegemon and elections assuming a war-like as well as zero-sum dimension among politicians in Nigeria have motivated development partner's support for Nigeria's electoral process aimed at addressing some structural issues that act as setback to Independent National Electoral Commission's performance in the conduct of credible elections; discrimination against women in Nigerian politics; absence of capacity development for CSOs at the state and local government level and the increasing trend of personality-based politics in Nigerian media especially during elections.The DGD has improved INEC's institutional capacity; strategic planning and operational competency; staff professional development; voter registration; strategic engagement with electoral stakeholders to promote political party reform;legal reform involving the legislature; civic education; election monitoring and observation; and gender mainstreaming in the electoral process; the democratic functioning of political parties, professionalizing their administration, strengthening inter-party dialogue and enabling political parties to effectively engage with the electoral and democratic process.

O autorze

Momoh, ZekeriZekeri Momoh holds a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) Degree in Political Science (Second Class Honours, Upper Division) from the University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) Degree in Political Science from the University of Ilorin, Ilorin-Nigeria. He Specializes in International Political Economy and has over twenty publications.