%0 Journal Article %1 noauthororeditor %A Okapi, ANYALEBECHI Shammah Mahakwe | Eyina Nkatomba Nkatomba | HART Akie Opuene | ELIJAH Lucky %D 2023 %J INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TREND IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT %K Assistance Building, Capacity Democratic Domestication Elections, Foreign and %N 3 %P 913-923 %T Elections in Nigeria and Foreign Democratic Assistance, 2015 -2019 Key Lessons and Challenges %U https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/57523/elections-in-nigeria-and-foreign-democratic-assistance-2015-2019-key-lessons-and-challenges/anyalebechi-shammah-mahakwe %V 7 %X This paper focuses on elections and foreign democracy assistance to Nigeria in 2015-2019 Key lessons and challenges. The study combined historical and descriptive research methods. While the historical design provided a guide into Nigeria’s democratic journey, the descriptive method helped us explain clearly these impeding factors that have hindered foreign democratic assistance from falling short of the desired standard in the country. The data was gathered through secondary sources. The realistic theory of change by Anderson, a modification of Carols 1972 change model theory, was used as the framework of analysis. The study revealed that 1 Nigeria received democratic assistance between 2015 and 2019 from the US, UK, EU, and other major international partners engaging in democratic promotion. 2 In spite of billions of dollars received as foreign democratic assistance, her political development has remained gloomy. 3 International promoters of democracy in Nigeria have clearly defined objectives with their philanthropic and international assistance for democratic transition, but in a bid to promote democracy, in the context of globalization promoting a free market economy and favourable investment opportunities for their multinational corporations. Lastly, the result shows some key lessons and implications that represent the immediate conclusions and recommendations of this study, such as that, for FDA to be successful, democratisation processes need to be driven from within and supported by at least some key domestic actors, achieve a balance between different goals, connect with the grass roots level, incorporate civil society, and so on. Thus, the election violence, rigging, manipulation, and imposition of candidates that characterised Nigerian elections do not in any way relate to or correlate with foreign democratic assistance objectives. ANYALEBECHI, Shammah Mahakwe | Eyina, Nkatomba Nkatomba | HART, Akie Opuene | ELIJAH Lucky Okapi "Elections in Nigeria and Foreign Democratic Assistance, 2015-2019: Key Lessons and Challenges" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-3 , June 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd57523.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/57523/elections-in-nigeria-and-foreign-democratic-assistance-2015-2019-key-lessons-and-challenges/anyalebechi-shammah-mahakwe

@article{noauthororeditor, abstract = {This paper focuses on elections and foreign democracy assistance to Nigeria in 2015-2019 Key lessons and challenges. The study combined historical and descriptive research methods. While the historical design provided a guide into Nigeria’s democratic journey, the descriptive method helped us explain clearly these impeding factors that have hindered foreign democratic assistance from falling short of the desired standard in the country. The data was gathered through secondary sources. The realistic theory of change by Anderson, a modification of Carols 1972 change model theory, was used as the framework of analysis. The study revealed that 1 Nigeria received democratic assistance between 2015 and 2019 from the US, UK, EU, and other major international partners engaging in democratic promotion. 2 In spite of billions of dollars received as foreign democratic assistance, her political development has remained gloomy. 3 International promoters of democracy in Nigeria have clearly defined objectives with their philanthropic and international assistance for democratic transition, but in a bid to promote democracy, in the context of globalization promoting a free market economy and favourable investment opportunities for their multinational corporations. Lastly, the result shows some key lessons and implications that represent the immediate conclusions and recommendations of this study, such as that, for FDA to be successful, democratisation processes need to be driven from within and supported by at least some key domestic actors, achieve a balance between different goals, connect with the grass roots level, incorporate civil society, and so on. Thus, the election violence, rigging, manipulation, and imposition of candidates that characterised Nigerian elections do not in any way relate to or correlate with foreign democratic assistance objectives. ANYALEBECHI, Shammah Mahakwe | Eyina, Nkatomba Nkatomba | HART, Akie Opuene | ELIJAH Lucky Okapi "Elections in Nigeria and Foreign Democratic Assistance, 2015-2019: Key Lessons and Challenges" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-7 | Issue-3 , June 2023, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/papers/ijtsrd57523.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/57523/elections-in-nigeria-and-foreign-democratic-assistance-2015-2019-key-lessons-and-challenges/anyalebechi-shammah-mahakwe }, added-at = {2023-07-17T13:25:19.000+0200}, author = {Okapi, ANYALEBECHI Shammah Mahakwe | Eyina Nkatomba Nkatomba | HART Akie Opuene | ELIJAH Lucky}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2dd087289502113d97fa222bdc8fd0a19/ijtsrd}, interhash = {220cc9b581c300bd9d64fd7bc5f911a4}, intrahash = {dd087289502113d97fa222bdc8fd0a19}, issn = {2456-6470}, journal = {INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TREND IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT}, keywords = {Assistance Building, Capacity Democratic Domestication Elections, Foreign and}, language = {english}, month = {June}, number = 3, pages = {913-923}, timestamp = {2023-07-17T13:25:19.000+0200}, title = {Elections in Nigeria and Foreign Democratic Assistance, 2015 -2019 Key Lessons and Challenges }, url = {https://www.ijtsrd.com.com/other-scientific-research-area/other/57523/elections-in-nigeria-and-foreign-democratic-assistance-2015-2019-key-lessons-and-challenges/anyalebechi-shammah-mahakwe}, volume = 7, year = 2023 }