Kenneth Nweke

• B.Ed Political Science; M.Sc Political and Administrative Studies (Nigerian Government and Politics); Ph.D Political Science (Government)
• Professor of Politics and Governance at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education

This research examines the impact of political apathy on electoral participation in Nigeria and South Africa in the 2019 general elections. The paper determined the causes of political apathy, its impact on the electoral process as well as its trend (voter turnout) in the general elections of 2019 in Nigeria and South. This research was borne out o...

This research examined the nature of arms proliferation and militancy in the administrations of Governors Chibiuke Rotimi Amaechi and Ezenwo Nyesom Wike in Rivers State, Nigeria. The objectives were to determine the nature of arms proliferation and militancy in Rivers State in the two administrations. This research became necessary owing to the inc...

This paper examined issues of national security and human rights in Nigeria with emphasis on the conflicts between the federal government and the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN). The objectives of the paper included to determine the nature of national security and human rights in Nigeria vis-à-vis the Islamic Movement of Nigeria; identity the con...

Boko Haram terrorism is a clog in the wheel of regional security of the West African States. The main objective of this study was to determine the nature and impact of Boko Haram terrorist activities on West African sub-regional security. From 2011 to 20I8. Boko Haram terrorists carried out over 3.340 attacks, as 37,530 people were killed, and over...

Politics is an important aspect of any society. Political culture of any society is key to understanding its politics, the nature, processes, occurrences and outcomes of the political process. Political culture explains the attitudes of the populace towards elections, the electoral process and the outcomes of elections. This work examines the conce...

This paper undertook a critical assessment of the extent to which corruption in the Nigeria public space has impinged on the country's development between 1999 and 2007, under Ohasanjo's two-time administration. An historical research based on secondary data and analysed through logical induction, this paper unravelled the institutional, behavioura...

The fundamental thrust of this study was to undertake a holistic assessment of the institutional responsiveness and capacity of the Nigerian bureaucracy in relation to, not only the provision of social services, but the administration of velfare services to the less privileged aspect of the Nigerian population. Hence, the study chose as its case st...

This paper basically takes a deep-dive into the actions and inactions of the Nigerian state actors since 1999 as they relate to cases of abuses of the rule of law and due process. In line with the elite theory on which this research paper is anchored, the paper argues that the execute arm of government, especially at the centre, operates a system w...

In recent time there has been an upsurge in agitations by patriotic citizens and radical elements for a redefinition of the Nigerian state. Though clamour by centrifugal elements for the adjustment of the postcolonial Nigerian state along their desired direction is not a novel phenomenon. Bearing in mind that the country is yet to successfully weat...

This paper is anchored on the Nigerian state and Hobbes' social contract theory. The questions being addressed here include: how has the Nigerian state and its actors fared in living up to the ideals of Hobbes' social contract theory with the people? What is responsible for the Nigerian state's cyclic obliteration of the social contract with the pe...

Brazen act of vote-buying during election has been an endangering feature of Nigerian body politics since independence. Past and recent elections held in the polity arc flawed with several irregularities including electoral frauds and money politics. Vote-buying through manipulation of voters and non-voters in exchange for their votes for monetary...

Corruption has inadvertently been elevated to a state or national policy with all the symptoms of a hemorrhaging system. While any aggressive and purposeful anti-corruption crusade will always generate popular support and acclaim in Nigeria, it is sure to provoke anger, frustration and resistance among the political class with vested interest in th...

Food security is a very important aspect of human life whether viewed from the national or global dimension. This is because, man must eat to survive and to contribute to his development and that of the future generation. Environmental hazards have often posed serious threats to food production. This paper studies the food security implication of e...

The effects of the unending menace of Boko Ha ram have had colossal damages to the socioeconomic and political lives of the people of the Northeast. This paper argued that the erosion and loss of values and respect for traditional institutions of authority, over time, occasioned by colonialism and political interferences by successive governments,...

Elections are democratic means of changing governments all over the world. Successful conduct of periodic elections engenders legitimacy to the government and reduces tensions and political tsunamis. Once elections are flawed, delivery of good governance becomes truncated and pseudo political brouhahas erupt like wild inferno that may stair-up cent...

Successive governments in Nigeria since 1999 have faced the challenge of whether or not to adopt deregulation policy in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry. In fact, the decision of whether or not to adopt deregulation policy as a panacea for remedying the perennial fuel scarcity and arbitrary price increases in petroleum products has b...

The paper interrogates Nigeria's electoral process since 1999 with a view to identifying its prospects and challenges in an emerging democratic order. The paper argued that the quest for free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria has been very frustrating as it is as old as the Nigerian state from inception. The paper maintains that, in spite of...

The study assesses the strategic position of African Diaspora in addressing the seemingly intractable problem of poverty in Africa. It is generally believed that the African Diaspora is in a position to positively influence the overall development in Africa considering its sizeable presence in the economic and political power centres in the West. T...

This research examines the capacity of Nigeria to attain sustainable development in the 21st century, using the extant parameters of the nation’s governance system and political economy. We stated that the link between governance system and political economy is that the former is shaped and determined by the texture and structure of the latter. Our...

The adoption of the Millennium Declaration in 2000 by 189 Member states of the United Nations was a defining moment for global cooperation in the 21st century. The Declaration captured previously agreed goals on international development and gave birth to a set of concrete and measurable development objectives known as the Millennium Development Go...

The study examined the Politics of Sustainable Development in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: An Appraisal of the Role of the State and Multinational Corporations, 1993-2008. Three (3) research questions and three (3) hypotheses guided the study. A cross-sectional survey design was adopted. Both primary and secondary data were collected and util...

The most significant factor in fixing the character of the legislature, as an institution of democratic government, is its capacity to serve as channel for ventilation of grievances among political actors. To evaluate this role, the paper focuses on the conflicts arising from legislative-executive relationship, considered as two traditional contend...

The central argument in this paper is that prior to the British colonial administration in Nigeria, traditional institutions of governance played very significant roles in con ic management and resolution as they wielded very strong political influences in their domains. It contends that the advent of colonialism and post-colonial state in Nigeria...

In this paper, we addressed the questions of political development in Nigeria in the context of ongoing globalization process. This problem is analyzed in view of attenuated democratic institutions, inefficient public service, and rent seeking behaviours, disillusioned citizenry, erratic and conflicting state policies, dysfunctional electoral syste...

The paper addresses the inadequacies associated with resource allocation and distribution as it a f f e c t s the Niger Delta. In spite of the contributions of the region to the n a t i o n ' s economy, the people and communities have continued to groan in abject poverty, decrepit infrastructure and environmental degradation. The paper observes tha...

The paper appraises democratization in Nigeria's Fourth Republic. It reveals that the inherent weakness of the military guided transition programme in creating the necessary human, political and constitutional infrastructure accounts for the tragic failure of democratization in Nigeria. The failure is made manifest in the dysfunctional electoral sy...

The purpose of education is to shapen the articulation of the recipient, thus making him an active, rather than passive member of the society. In Nigeria today, about 80% of products from our secondary and tertiary education can hardly defend the certificates which they parade. This has worsened our underdevelopment and made most of these school le...

The paper argues that the Niger Delta question is a colonial heritage and dates back to the pre-independence era which entrenched the politics of marginalization of the minority groups such as the Niger Delta by the majority groups in Nigeria. The paper contends that the Niger Delta question centers on the issues of environmental neglect and the ab...

The interface between party politics and democratic governance has not been thoroughly explored and problematized in the democracy debate in local government administration. Current debates have tended to focus more on symptoms such as poor service delivery, lack of accountability, corruption, non-involvement of the public in policy formulation and...