The Politics of Religion and 2023 Presidential Election in Nigeria
Student: Oowo Victoria Amuh (Project, 2025)
Department of Political Science
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State
Abstract
ThePoliticsofReligionplayedasignificantroleintheNigeria’s2023Presidentialelection.Thisprojectexaminestheimpactofreligiononthe2023PresidentialelectioninNigeriawithafocusontherulingAllProgressiveCongress(APC)andtheroleofkeypoliticalfiguressuchasBolaTinubu.Theresearchquestionsguidingthisprojectare;(I)HastheAPCsamefaithpresidentialticketunderminedpoliticalparticipationinNigeria?(ii)Hastheethno-religiouscharacteroftherulingclassunderminednationalintegrationinNigeria?ThisresearchprojecthastheobjectiveofexaminingiftheAPCsamefaithpresidentialticketunderminedpoliticalparticipationandiftheethno-religiouscharacteroftherulingclassunderminednationalintegrationinNigeria.Fromthemyriadsofresearchcarriedout,thefirsthypothesisposesthattheAPCsamefaithpresidentialtickethasnotunderminedpoliticalparticipation andthesecondhypothesisposesthattheethno-religiouscharacteroftherulingclasshasindeedunderminenationalintegrationinNigeria.TheRationalChoiceTheorypropoundedbyAnthonyDowns(1957)wasemployedinthisstudy.TheRationalChoiceTheoryseekstoexplainindividual'sandcollectivedecisionmakingprocessbasedontheassumptionthatindividualsarerationalactorswhomakechoicestomaximizetheirself-interestorutility.Itisonthisbasisthatthestudyrecommendsthat;Toreducetheconstitutionaldefinitionandinterpretationofissueslinkedtobalancerepresentationandareeasilysusceptibletothemanipulationbythepoliticians,theprincipleshouldbemadeJusticiableintheconstitutiontoallowthoseaggrievedtoseekjudicialredressandalso,theprincipleandpolicyofequitablepowersharingshouldbedeepenedatalllevelsofgovernmentandshouldnotbeamereconstitutionalprominent.Theexpost-factorresearchdesignwasadoptedinthisresearchworkwhilethedocumentarymethodofdatacollectionwasadoptedandthequalitativemethodofdataanalysiswasused.
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- Mohammed Lawan College of Agriculture, Maiduguri, Borno State 12
- Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State 7
- Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State 8
- Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State 28
- Niger State College of Education, Minna, (Affl To Usmanu Danfodiyo Uni, Sokoto) 1
- Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State 1
- Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State 3
- Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja 3
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State 98
- Northwest University, Kano, Kano State 179