POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND CHALLENGES TO THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA (1999-2019)
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Political accountability is a process through which the politically-elected/appointed public officials are expected to give reports of their stewardship to the electorate as well as deliver on their electoral promises to the citizens. After two decades (1999 -2019) of relatively stable Nigerian democratic governance, the political class does not appear to have been able to deliver on their electoral promises. This lack of accountability has been traced to prebendalism, long period of military rule, corruption, centralization of administration, docility on the part of the citizens, and poverty. The paper reveals that lack of political accountability has resulted in an increase in the level of insecurity which has affected the political and socio-economic development of the country. The paper concludes that the political class has not been accountable to the electorate and this has brought serious challenges to the socio-economic development of the country.
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