Poverty and Electoral Challenges in Nigeria

Abstract

Poverty is a global problem. The United Nations over the years had been
embarking on several developmental goals so as to override the effects
of poverty among the comity of nations. For a country to excel in
political, economic and social development, poverty must be reduced
and eradicated. This study focuses on the prevalence of poverty as a
challenge to the electoral success in Nigeria. There is a connection between
poverty and the prevalence of challenges especially in elections in Nigeria.
Therefore, how had poverty affected election credibility in Nigeria? What
are the connections and the effects of poverty on credible elections in
Nigeria? This work adopts qualitative research method. The theoretical
framework of utilitarian principles-ensuring the greatest happiness of
the greatest number of the people is used across the study to explain the
need to eradicate poverty in Nigeria. Nigeria as the most populous black
nation in the world needs to eradicate poverty as a matter of urgency so
as to have credible elections, sustainable peace and rapid development.