Campaign funding laws and the political economy of money politics in Nigeria

G. S. Mmaduabuchi Okeke and Uche Nwali

Review of African Political Economy, 2020, vol. 47, issue 164, 238-255

Abstract: Campaign funding laws have failed to stem the phenomenon of money politics in postcolonial Nigeria. The predominant narrative in extant literature attributes this failure to lack of enforcement of the laws. This article rethinks the lack of enforcement narrative and argues that the laws have inbuilt biases that legitimise and perpetuate money politics; hence, any investment in enforcement can only yield meagre returns. But beyond the biased legal regime, mass poverty is largely why attempts to remedy the challenge of money politics via the instrument of law have failed. The article recommends a recalibration of Nigeria’s political economy to usher in a resource allocation and wealth redistribution regime that ensures the citizenry are not so poor that they would be vulnerable to material inducement.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/03056244.2019.1699043

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