Party ideology and governorship performance in Nigeria: A study of Kwara State 2003-2018

The contemporary debates on party ideology and good governance are deeply stirred by the noteworthy of political processes that have taken position in Africa. Political ideology is a significant medium of a political party. Political Parties does not act in a vacuum but it is mostly prejudiced by...

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Main Authors: Araba, Akeem Ayanda, Alabi, Abdullahi, Oyoru, Rashida Adamu
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:http://repo.uum.edu.my/28031/1/INSORPAD%202020%20331%20337.pdf
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Summary:The contemporary debates on party ideology and good governance are deeply stirred by the noteworthy of political processes that have taken position in Africa. Political ideology is a significant medium of a political party. Political Parties does not act in a vacuum but it is mostly prejudiced by party member’s views. In countries like Nigeria, after years of political sovereignty, the challenges of good governance has eroded Nigeria dividend of democracy as a result of lack of party ideology been portray by her political parties. The paper focuses on necessities to improve party ideology in other to fabricate good governance. Ex-post fact research design was used for this study. Stratified random sampling was used to divide Kwara into three senatorial district which include; Kwara Central (KC), Kwara South (KS), and Kwara North (KN). The study concluded and recommended that party Political parties must evolve political ideologies and their activities must be guided by the ideologies they so represent. Party ideology should be established and be a guiding rule of the conduct for all political party members across the states in Nigeria.