3 - Do Votes Count? The Travails of Electoral Politics in Nigeria
Corresponding Author(s) : Adigun Agbaje
Afrique et développement,
Vol. 31 No 3 (2006): Afrique et développement: Special Issue on Electoral Politic
Résumé
Cet article étudie les dimensions contemporaines de la politique électorale au Nigeria, dans un contexte historique. Il procède à un détail de diverses ques- tions, évènements et développements survenus avant, pendant et après les élections. L’argument central posé est que le Nigeria a souffert de déficits institutionnels (organisations+valeurs/règles/normes) et empiriques concernant les garde-fous nécessaires à une politique électorale favorable au renouvellement et à la consolidation démocratiques. Les organisations ont été privées de valeurs indispensables leur permettant de devenir des institutions efficaces, tandis que les valeurs dominantes produisaient, elles, un effet nuisible sur la politique démocratique. Si les longues années de dictature sous un régime colonial, militaire et civil expliquent en partie l’instabilité de la politique électorale au Nigeria, la nature de la gouvernance politique, son manque de prévoyance ainsi que son faible engagement et son expérience insuffisante en matière de gestion démocratique de la diversité dans le cadre d’une gouvernance raisonnable, ont contribué à dévaluer la politique et les élections au Nigeria, réduisant ainsi littéralement ce dernier élément à un simple instrument de guerre. Les marchands électoraux ou mieux, les barons de la politique ont détourné le processus électoral en marginalisant les populations, désapprouvant les voix et choix de ces dernières, conduisant ainsi progressivement la quatrième république vers une chute systémique. La mise en place d’un système électoral fonctionnel et transparent nécessitera une réévaluation de la capacité institutionnelle et de l’ethos politique par les élites politiques nigérianes.
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International Political Science Review, Vol. 21, No 1, pp.59-75.
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Issues’, in A. Bujra and S. Adejumobi, eds., Breaking Barriers, Creating New Hopes: Democracy,
Civil Society and Good Governance in Africa, Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press.
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in Georges Nzongola Ntalaja and Magaret Lee, eds., The State and Democracy in Africa, Harare: AAPS.
Agbaje, Adigun, 2004, ‘Prospects for the Fourth Republic’, in E. Gyimah-Boadi, ed., Democratic
Reform in Africa: The Quality of Progress, Boulder: Lynne Rienner Publishers, pp. 201-234.
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Suberu, R. and Herault, R., eds., 1998, Federalism and
Political Restructuring in Nigeria, Ibadan: Spectrum Books.
Anifowoshe, Remi and Babawale, Tunde, 2003, 2003 General Elections and Democratic Consolidation in
Nigeria, Lagos: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
Bayart, Jean-François, Ellis, Stephen, and Hibou, Beatrice, 1999, The Criminalization of the State
in Africa, Oxford and Bloomington and Indianapolis: James Currey and Indiana University Press.
Centre for Democracy and Development, 2003, ‘CDD’s Summary Report on the 2003 Elections in
Nigeria’, Lagos, Mimeo.
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Fawole, Alade, 2005, ‘Voting Without Choosing: Interrogating the Crisis of Electoral Democracy in
Nigeria’, in Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo, ed., Liberal Democracy and its Critics in Africa: Political
Dysfunction and the Struggle for Social Progress, Dakar: CODESRIA.
Guardian Newspaper, 2005, ‘The PDP Congresses and Convention’, Editorial,
Guardian, Lagos, 21 October.
Haruna, Mohammed, 2001, ‘The Electoral Law as Obasanjo’s Defining Moment’,
The Comet Newspaper, Lagos, 19 December, p. 9.
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Iyayi, Festus, 2005, ‘Elections and Electoral Practices in Nigeria: Dynamics and Implications’, The
Constitution: Journal of Constitutional Development, Vol. 5, No. 2, June.
Jinadu, L. Adele, 1997, ‘Matters Arising: African Elections and the Problem of Electoral
Administration’, African Journal of Political Science, Vol. 2, No. 1,pp. 1-11.
Kurfi, Ahmadu, 2005, Nigerian General Elections, 1951-2003: My Role and Reminiscences, Ibadan:
Spectrum Books.
LeVan, A., Pitso Titi, C. and Adebo, B., 2004, ‘Elections in Nigeria: Is the Third Time A Charm’,
Journal of African Elections, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 30-47.
Lewis, Peter, 2003, ‘Nigeria: Elections in a Fragile Regime’, Journal of Democracy, Vol. 14, No. 3,
July, pp. 131-144.
Madunagu, Edwin, 2005, ‘PDP and the Nation’, Guardian, Lagos, 10 October. Mill, John Stuart, 1948,
‘On Liberty’ and ‘Considerations on Representative
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Mole, Stuart, 2003, ‘The 2003 Nigerian Elections: A Democratic Settlement?’, The
Round Table, July, No. 370, pp. 423-28.
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2002, 19 September.
Obasanjo, Olusegun, 2004, ‘Text of a Reply to Audu Ogbeh in Response to Ogbeh’s letter on “Re:
Anambra and other Related Matters”’, 10 December.
Obi, Amanze, 2005, ‘DP versus MDD’, Daily Sun Newspaper, Lagos, 14 November, pp. 56.
Okurounmi, Femi, 2003, ‘To Get to the Senate, You Need to Have About 1 Billion Naira’, Interview in
the Saturday Punch, Lagos, 5 April, p. 45.
Ogunsanwo, Alaba, 2003, ‘Keynote Address’, in R. Anifowoshe and T. Babawale, eds., 2003 General
Elections and Democratic Consolidation in Nigeria, Lagos: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
Onuoha, Brown, 2003, ‘Comparative Analysis of General Elections in Nigeria’, in
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Nigeria, Lagos: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. Sunday Champion, 23 July 2003.
Yaqub, Nuhu, 2001, ‘1993 Presidential Elections in Nigeria and the alleged Use of Excessive Money:
Implications for the Country’s Political Culture and Future Politics’, Journal of Third World Studies, Fall.