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| Trends and Difficulties Related to Vote-Buying and the Electoral System in Nigeria
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Dr. Amanawa, David E. Dr. Awu Ebiasuode Dr. Darius Blessing
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Abstract:
Vote-buying has unquestionably emerged as a crucial and worrisome trend in Nigeria's political process. Its patterns and difficulties in the nation's voting process have gotten out of hand. In Nigeria's political activities, vote-buying has also become the norm, endangering the country's willingness to adopt sound democratic administration. Because it costs so much money to run for public office, buying political jobs is usually reserved for wealthy individuals in politics. Therefore, the clientelism theory, which describes the connection between Nigeria's electoral system and vote-buying, was chosen as the theoretical foundation for this study. Vote-buying has been common despite the electoral rules and the INEC's position on the practice. Due to the difficulties in holding free, fair, legitimate, and fair elections in Nigeria, this study must examine the reality of vote-buying. The study uses the documentary technique to gather information from secondary sources. It suggests that Nigeria builds solid institutions and implements sensible, politically unbiased policies to solve the issue of vote-buying in the nation. In order to prevent electoral anomalies that have long characterized politics and the election process, it is therefore essential to confront the threat of vote-buying through nonpartisan and impartial bodies.
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