CHALLENGES OF DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE IN NIGERIA (1999 TO 2019)

Authors

Democracy, Human Rights, Rule of Law, Democratic Governance

Democracy is the most acceptable form of government in the world as it gives preferences

to popular participation, rule of law, periodic election and good governance. The paper

adopts the pluralist democratic theory as its theoretical framework. It uses secondary

method of data collection, which involves documentary evidences like textbooks,

Newspapers, magazines, and internet materials to generate information relevant to the

study. The study reveals that Nigerian democracy is confronted with the challenges of poor

political culture, corruption, insecurity, dependent electoral body, and primordial nature of

the nation's politics and democratic practices. Therefore, the paper recommends for a

reform in the nations' electoral and political process to ensure effective citizenship

participation and good governance in Nigeria.