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The Challenges of Democratic Governance in Nigeria’s Fourth Republic

Edited By: Stanley Naribo Ngoa, Farooq A. Kperogi, Eghosa E. Osaghae

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In this collection, Nigeria’s most notable scholars offer insights into the pitfalls of governance and institutional dysfunctions that threaten the vitality of the Fourth Republic—the nation's longest stretch of democratic rule since the end of military regimes.

This book is a collection of scholarly essays from some of Nigeria’s most notable social science scholars on the character, contours, and peculiarities of democratic…

This book is a collection of scholarly essays from some of Nigeria’s most notable social science scholars on the character, contours, and peculiarities of democratic practices in Nigeria’s fourth attempt at constitutional rule after years of brutally absolutist military regimes. The Fourth Republic began in 1999 and continues to this day. It is coterminous with the restoration of constitutional rule after 16 years of sustained military rule, which represents the longest stretch of democratic self-rule since Nigeria won independence from British colonialism in 1960.

The chapters in this book contain scholarly insights into the pitfalls of governance, institutional dysfunctions and foundational woes that continue to threaten the vitality of the Fourth Republic. Contributors to the book offer critical theoretical lenses to gaze at the decline in democratic citizenship, weakening of faith in the promises of democracy, loss of critical media engagement with the state, and deterioration of the socio-political fortunes of the state in Nigeria.

Stanley Naribo Ngoa, PhD, is a multi-disciplinary academic and a communication theorist with an eye for media in politics. Currently a professor of communication studies at the National Open University of Nigeria, his contributions to theory building include the concept of ‘deviant communication’ in agenda-setting studies and social/educational propaganda.

Farooq A. Kperogi, PhD, is Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media at the School of Communication and Media, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA. He is also a newspaper columnist whose widely read back-page columns in the Nigerian Tribune and the Daily Trust have shaped Nigeria’s national discourse and influenced government policies. He is the author of Glocal English: The Changing Face and Forms of Nigerian English in a Global World (2015); Nigeria’s Digital Diaspora: Citizen Media, Democracy, and Participation (2020); and Digital Dissidence and Social Media Censorship in Africa (2022).

Eghosa E. Osaghae, PhD, is Professor of Comparative Politics and former Vice Chancellor of Igbinedion University Okada, Nigeria. He was the 2013/2014 Emeka Anyaoku Visiting Chair of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London, UK. Professor Osaghae is presently the Director General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs.

Okechukura Oji, Jibrin Ibrahim, Egliosa Osagliae, Farooq A. Kperogi, Daprim Ogaji, Tubonye Harry, Chidi Amuta, Ray Ekpu, Bala Musa, Vincent Nmehielle, Stanley Naribo Ngoa, Nimi Wariboko