DEMOCRACY AND GOOD GOVERNANCE THE NIGERIA EXPERIENCE 1990 TO DATE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Certification

Dedication

Acknowledgement

Table of contents

CHAPTER ONE

1. Introduction
   1. Statement of the study
   1. Purpose of the study 
   1. Significance of the study
   1. Scope of the study
   1. Definition of terms
   1. Organization of the study
   1. References

CHAPTER TWO

• Literature review
  • What is government
  • Types of government
  • Importance of government

References

CHAPTER THREE

• Research methodology
  • Sample and population of the study
  • Source of data
  • Methods of data analysis
  • Research problem

CHAPTER FOUR

• strategies adopted by government in decision making
  • role of government in decision making
  • problems ascertained  with government in decision making
  • summary of the chapter

CHAPTER FIVE

5.0   summary, recommendation and conclusions

• summary of the chapter
  • recommendation
  • conclusion

Bibliography

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

Democracy and good governance as a certain piece of development, is a sensitive fundamental area of concern in the interest of national development considering the Nigeria immediate past political history and linking interest on the part of the citizenry in require on governance issues so as to ensure a stable political administration dispensations, sustenance of representative principle and a attainment of welfare project and police. Hitherto at first federal Republic of Nigeria assumed fully the system of state administration which assumes fully the system of state administration with democracy dated back to may 29^th 2001. This makes the second major anniversary of Nigeria Democratic experience on good governance, under the cardinal principle of democratic principle after 16 years of interrupted military rules.

This began in 1983, when the second republic was terminated by the military.

Altogether remained under military autocracy close to 29 years since the era of the military coup in 1966 by6 four majors of the Nigeria government and politics marks the penultimate collapse of the first republic. This trend of authoritarianism government was briefly interrupted between 1979 – 1983, by the second republic. From the perspective of   Nwabueze, (1999), Nigeria had passed through some five different phases in has historical evolution, which include,

1. The era of colonial autocracy and absolute, that is period of formal colonialism fill of tuber 1^st 1960 when the country again flag independent.
2. Emergence of constitutional democracy 1960 – 1966.
3. The return of the military autocracy and absolutism (neo colonialism) 1988 – 1976.
4.  Restorative of constitutional military autocracy and absolution 1983 – 1989.

As from 1989 when the observation was made, the has added three more phases to her struggles for democratization options, which came to a stage of the glorious “stepping aside” of General Ibrahim Babangida handling over policy and tactile, in 1993. This is the time and Interim National Government (ING) headed by chief Ernest Shonekan. He was made a impose chose by IBB administration and it’s unfortunately suffer legitimacy crisis ambition. Following the declaration made by the high court, to the illegitimate in a protracted law suite instituted on the June 12, 1993.

Presidential election chief M.K.O Abiola. The interim contraption collapse after 82 days. However, the General Abacha stage a coup and dissolve all the existent democratic structure and the country was returned to a full blown military dictatorship, characterized by horrendous human right violation, unprecedented kliptocrazy, hostage taking forever exile and physical elimination of opponent that detained many in that era of 1995-1997, while statue of confusion that general Abacha died on June 8, 199 in a mysterious circumstances (Jimi, 1998:62-73). After the death of general Abacha, general Abdulsalam Abubakar took over his administration seemed to have learnt enormous lessons from the legitimacy crisis suffered by his predecessor while in office. He made it know that he was ready to hand over power to civilian in promote his transition programme in Nigeria.

Eventually, despite all odds, General Abubakar surrendered the political ruler ship to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo on May 29 1999. the second anniversary of democracy was remarkable in the sense that Nigeria were founded by united agency (international organization) for development (unaid), in January 2000, 80% of respondent agreed that “democracy” is the better option in state administration friends of Nigeria within Africa rendered there unparallel support for the continuity and governance by the democracy, among who were Ghana with 74%, Zimbabwe 60% and south Africa with 56%. As a rightly posted by national daily.

Firstly Nigeria was sick of military rule and especially the Nigeria version of it.

The military had demonstrated a most duplicable from of rulership that decline to agree with every value and expectable, greed, obtuse, paradigons in their very arbitraries contempt for rule of law and fundamental human right vocatives, termination of building opposition and gross ignorance in the business the government were only a few of the woes that Nigeria has to bear from several years.  

Secondly, the poor handling of the economy meant that there was little for average Nigerians, job opportunity were fast disappearing as company were own and this is turned made them own there staffer salaries and allowances for several months, prison inmates kept dying and crime assumed the status of normal features of the Nigeria society. Where, democracy means better paid job, education, health care, modern amenities, such as durable house, motor transport, pipe borne water, and stable supply of electricity, a better future for children of inborn generation, rather than the aforementioned retrogressive military system (Kunle 1993-87-98). In the views of Nzongola Nta Laja (2001), Nigeria torturers democratization march to the fourth republic one cannot but attempt a prognosis of the possibility of the survival of the nascent democracy and suggest possible recipes. Therefore, the under-study this situation is about time and hence the appropriate opportunity: democracy and good governance.

1.2   STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

This research work content to look into prevailing Government Issue and effect with a view to harmonizing all the odd and defect of military government. However, its will equally provide solution to some military obstacle affecting some areas in the research topic: what are the challenges of democratic government in Nigeria? How democracy dividends can consolidate in Nigeria? Problem facing leadership in the present Nigerians democratic dispensation.