A Critical Appraisal Of Election Laws In Nigeria

ABSTRACT The electoral process is a fundamental and thus indispensable structure in any democratic setting. The smoothness and transparency of its operation define political maternity of key players and stakeholders. The pattern of growth of electoral activities from 1922 to the fourth Republic is a reflection of development from obscurity to prominence from a pristine system to an advanced mechanism of securing participatory governance and confidence building in public policy formulation and implementation. It is trite law that the concept of “election” denotes a process constituting accredit…