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Title:
ELECTORAL VALUE CHAIN AND THE YOUTH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN 2019 GENERAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA

Authors:
Ugonma Joy Ugbor Kalu , Dr Ugbor Ikwor Kalu

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Ugonma Joy Ugbor Kalu1 , Dr Ugbor Ikwor Kalu2
1. Department of Political Science, University of Nigeria, Nsukka
2. Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka

MLA 8
Kalu, Ugonma Joy Ugbor, and Dr Ugbor Ikwor Kalu. "ELECTORAL VALUE CHAIN AND THE YOUTH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN 2019 GENERAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, vol. 5, no. 10, Oct. 2020, pp. 3081-3093, doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i10.018. Accessed Oct. 2020.
APA 6
Kalu, U., & Kalu, D. (2020, October). ELECTORAL VALUE CHAIN AND THE YOUTH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN 2019 GENERAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA. Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research, 5(10), 3081-3093. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i10.018
Chicago
Kalu, Ugonma Joy Ugbor, and Dr Ugbor Ikwor Kalu. "ELECTORAL VALUE CHAIN AND THE YOUTH POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN 2019 GENERAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA." Int. j. of Social Science and Economic Research 5, no. 10 (October 2020), 3081-3093. Accessed October, 2020. doi:10.46609/IJSSER.2020.v05i10.018.

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Abstract:
Although the signing of the Not – Too – Young - To Run Bill into Law by president Muhamadu Buhari regime was intended to decentralized electoral process and thus encourage political participation on the side of the youth. However, an increase in the monetized electoral value chain, had possessed, a slumbering block in achieving, democratic consolidation and encourage political participation in Nigeria, despite the constitutional provisions for nomination and expression. Using a qualitative research, the study interrogates the effects of increase in the monetized electoral value chain on the political participation of Nigerian youth in the 2019 election. The study adopts the investment theory of politics to x-ray the attitude of the elite and politicians in hacking the electoral process so that the highest bidder takes it all. The study advocates that to achieve democratic consolidation in Nigeria and increase popular participation of citizens in the electoral process, there should be a reduction in the monetized election value chain and enforcement of the rule of law in the country.

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