WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIAN POLITICS: AN APPRAISAL OF 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS
| dc.contributor.author | Odonye, Dauda Yusuf | |
| dc.contributor.author | Osumanyi, Okugya | |
| dc.contributor.author | Kadarko, Esther J. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-12-11T12:45:56Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-12-11T12:45:56Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2018-09-10 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The main objective of this paper is an appraisal of the dynamics of Nigerian women involvement in politics since the birth of the fourth republic with special reference to the 2015 general elections. The major areas of their involvement in politics that this paper interrogated include participation in elective positions (Presidential, Gubernatorial, National and State Houses of Assembly elections), electioneering processes, campaigns and rallies among others. Utilising data which were generated through secondary sources coupled with the empirical data and subjected to descriptive analysis; the paper, fines out that in spite of the increasing number of Nigerian women in politics, the country's politics is still largely dominated by men. Tire findings further revealed that the challenges facing the active participation of Nigerian women in politics includes but not limited to cultural factor, lack of internal democracy among political parties, gender discrimination, lack of find and so on. The paper concludes that the involvement of women in Nigerian politics in the Fourth Republic has taken a new dimension especially with reference to 2015 general elections. For the first time in the political history of Nigeria in the republic, a major political party in tl\e country (All Progressives Congress) presented a female candidate as a standard bearer for the gubernatorial election in Taraba State | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Odonye, Dauda Yusuf, Osumanyi, Okugya & Kadarko, Esther J. (2018) WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIAN POLITICS: AN APPRAISAL OF 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://keffi.nsuk.edu.ng/handle/20.500.14448/2214 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Department of Theatre and Cultural Studies, Nasarawa State University, Keffi. | en_US |
| dc.subject | Democracy, Elections, Politics, and Women | en_US |
| dc.title | WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN NIGERIAN POLITICS: AN APPRAISAL OF 2015 GENERAL ELECTIONS | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |