Equity and Justice: Pathway to Credible Election and Good Governance in Nigeria

Abstract

This study examined governance and elections in recent times apposite to the administrative regime of former President Buhari and the incumbent President Tinubu, as well as the 2015 cum 2023 presidential elections in Nigeria respectively. Adopting the principle of the Rule of Law: It was realised that the elections in Nigeria are characterized by political thuggery, violence, falsification of data, rigging, insincerity, ethnic profiling, injustice and various strands of absurdities. Whereas governance in Nigeria is germane to impunity, breach of due process and dictatorship; and thus does not meet up with the basic contents of good governance. This study proposes equity and justice as the pathways to free, fair and credible elections, in addition to good governance in Nigeria. This study as well suggested the means to effect its actualisation. The primary and secondary means of data collections were employed in this study. The necessary generalisations and conclusions were drawn purely on the qualitative analysis and synthesis of the gathered data made through phenomenological and hermeneutical approaches.