Promoting Peace Through Political Participation: A Focus on Nigeria

Frederick Obananya
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Frederick Obananya: Dominican Institute

A chapter in African Peacebuilding, 2026, pp 107-116 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract While modern representative democracy evolved from direct participation models of classical antiquity, contemporary large-scale states struggle to maintain robust citizen engagement. Examining Nigeria's Fourth Republic (culminating in a record-low 26.72% voter turnout in the 2023 presidential election), this study links declining voter turnout to electoral fraud, structural frustration, and security anxieties, while highlighting a post-2019, youth-led paradigm shift towards democratic engagement driven by the EndSARS political awakening. This chapter concludes that sustainable stability requires state actors to operate within constitutional frameworks rather than a monstrous misconception of state supremacy, shifting power towards an awakened electorate to avert institutional self-destruction.

Keywords: Voter Turnout; Fourth Republic; EndSARS; Democratic Engagement; Nigeria (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2026
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-29966-6_10

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