Abstract
Nigeria is one of the neo colonial and developing nations of the
third world. The military ruled Nigeria between 1966 to 1979;
1984 to 1999. Military dominance in Nigeria politics has in no
small measure impacted negatively on the political
development of Nigeria. Therefore political development of
Nigeria has been going at a snail speed not only due to
frequent military incursion in government but also due to many
other impediments which include ethnicity, incumbency politics,
tenure elongation, godfatherism and poor political orientation
The paper which is theoretical and persuasive examined all
these factors critically and recommended among other things
that National Assembly should pass a law to make elective
office a single tenure. The economy of Nigeria should be
organized to make it more productive and also to devise a
vision of society within which each person can reasonably
perceive that equity and social justice are firmly on the national
agenda. To eradicate ethnic politics in Nigeria efforts should be
made towards equitable distribution of social, political and
economic gains of the polity. Finally efforts should be made to
enforce the section of the constitution that dwelt on the
formation of political parties that are devoid of ethnicity.
Keywords: Democracy, governance, godfatherism,
incumbency
E.A. Egboh, d Emma E.O. Chukwuemeka. (2012) Changing Perspectives of Nigeria Political Development: From militarism to incumbency and godfatherism , Journal of Political Studies, Volume 19, Issue 1.
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