TY - JOUR AU - O. Oyekami, Babatunde PY - 2016/02/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - The Politics of Electoral Reform in Nigeria JF - Covenant University Journal of Politics and International Affairs JA - CUJPIA VL - 1 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - UR - https://journals.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/index.php/cujpia/article/view/109 SP - AB - <p>Unarguably, elections are the bedrocks of any democratic institution. Elections in <br />Nigeria have been marred with various malpractices. This is evident in the report of both <br />national and international observers. As a result of this, electoral reform becomes an imperative <br />for democratic consolidation in Nigeria. President Yar‟Adua set up an electoral review <br />committee headed by a former Chief Justice of Federation to examine the entire electoral process <br />with a view to ensuring that Nigeria raises quality and standard of general elections and thereby <br />deepen her democracy; having accepted that elections that brought him into power were marred <br />with irregularities. The thrust of this paper starts with introductory overview of the topic. It <br />proceeds to the need for electoral reform in Nigeria taking into consideration, core <br />recommendations of electoral reform committee and federal government white paper. The part <br />three dwells in Nigeria‟s electoral management body while part four reviewed 2007 general <br />elections and need for electoral reform. Part five examined some models from other democratic <br />countries such as South Africa, Ghana, Botswana, United States and United Kingdom. The final <br />section provides way forward and conclusion. This paper examined critically the politics of <br />electoral reform in Nigeria and recommendations of electoral reform committee. <br />,</p> ER -