%0 Journal Article
%T The Albatross Called Primary Elections and Political Succession in Nigeria
%A Marietu Tenuche
%J Canadian Social Science
%D 2011
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%R 10.3968/j.css.1923669720110704.063
%X Political Succession in Nigeria has been crisis ridden largely because the options for citizens to determine who rules them is foreclosed prior to elections and these is done during primary elections, thereby undermining elections as the expression of popular will and a means to guarantee and defend democratic norms and values. The concern of this piece is to examine the relationship between flawed primaries in the 1999, 2003 and 2007 general elections in Nigeria and the deeply flawed outcome of the elections that were characterized by irregularities and violence. The study is an empirical analysis of the nature of primary elections in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria as documented in purposefully selected Nigerian dailies, the reactions and counter reactions of leading political opposition leaders, institutions and agencies that are involved in the electoral process, reports from National and International Observers and its implications for sustainable development and democratic consolidation. Key words: Primary elections; Political succession; Political parties; Democratic values; Political behaviour R¨¦sum¨¦: La Succession politique au Nigeria a ¨¦t¨¦ mont¨¦ en grande partie par la crise des options concernant les citoyens afin de d¨¦terminer qui les r¨¨gles est forclos avant les ¨¦lections et ceux-ci est fait lors des ¨¦lections primaires, compromettant ainsi les ¨¦lections comme l'expression de la volont¨¦ populaire et un moyen afin de garantir et de d¨¦fendre les normes d¨¦mocratiques et des valeurs. Le 1 souci de cette pi¨¨ce est d'examiner la relation entre les primaires erron¨¦es dans les ¨¦lections de 1999, 2003 et 2007 au Nigeria et en g¨¦n¨¦ral le r¨¦sultat profond¨¦ment erron¨¦e de ces ¨¦lections qui ont ¨¦t¨¦ caract¨¦ris¨¦es par des irr¨¦gularit¨¦s et de violence. L'¨¦tude est une analyse empirique de la nature des ¨¦lections primaires dans les six zones g¨¦opolitiques du Nigeria comme document¨¦ dans d¨¦lib¨¦r¨¦ment certains quotidiens nig¨¦rians, les r¨¦actions et les r¨¦actions des principaux dirigeants contre l'opposition politique, les institutions et organismes qui sont impliqu¨¦s dans le processus ¨¦lectoral, des rapports d'observateurs nationaux et internationaux et ses implications pour le d¨¦veloppement durable et la consolidation d¨¦mocratique. Mots cl¨¦s: Les ¨¦lections primaires; La succession politique; Les partis politiques; Des valeurs d¨¦mocratiques; Le comportement politique
%K Primary elections
%K Political succession
%K Political parties
%K Democratic values
%K Political behaviour
%K Primary elections
%K Political succession
%K Political parties
%K Democratic values
%K Political behaviour
%K Canadian
%K Social Science
%U http://cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/1820