where casualty is lied about, and where terrorism is politicized at the expense of human lives. We should expect further less from a country that has been characterized despite its acclaimed democratization with inept leadership, nepotism, electoral malpractices, bigotry, religious crises, dishonesty, immorality, and favoritism among others. The problems facing the Nigerian nation-state are too many to mention but a few, the failure of leadership, unemployment, ethnicity and religious intolerance
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BENEFITS AND GAINS DERIVED FROM THE NEW (2010) CONSTITUTION IN COMPARISON TO THE OLD CONSTITUTION. The Constitution of Kenya was promulgated on 27 August 2010 after a period of more than twenty years in the making. The 2010 Constitution of Kenya marks the outcome of an arduous journey, necessitated by a constitutional development history that began during the pre-colonial period. Several issues have been a recurring theme, having found expression in the Independence Constitution; they underwent
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administration under some overarching constitutional rules of the game, (c) periodic exercises in electoral voice, participation and representativeness. These aspects are of varying strength in different parts of India. In general while the performance in much of the country over the last sixty years has been really impressive in terms of (c), notwithstanding some pitfalls and electoral malpractices, the performance in respect of (a) and (b) have been somewhat mixed,
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Democratic parties respectively. The closeness of the race gave rise to an election petition challenging the election of George Bush as president. At the epicenter of the crisis was the state of Florida where the democrats complained of election malpractices that was aimed at favoring the Republican candidate. The conflict heightened and the Florida Supreme Court took the matter as required by the legislative laws of the state. The court argued that the democrats had enough reasons to warrant a recount
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International Journal of Politics and Good Governance Volume 4, No. 4.2 Quarter II 2013 ISSN: 0976 – 1195 DEMOCRACY AND POLITICS OF GODFATHERISM IN NIGERIA: THE EFFECTS AND WAY FORWARD Alabi Abdullahi Department of Social Sciences and Global Studies (Political Science Unit), Kwara State University, Malete, Ilorin, Nigeria Sakariyau, Rauf Tunde Department of Political Science, Centre for Distance Learning, University of Abuja, Nigeria ABSTRACT Political godfatherism is one of the factors that embedded
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An Assignment On “The Constitutional bodies in Bangladesh” Course Name: Public Administration in Bangladesh Course Number: PA-123 Submitted to: Dr. Syeda Lasna Kabir Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration University of Dhaka. Submitted by: Mukarram Hussain 1st Year, 2nd Semester Session: 2011-2012 Roll: kj-059 Department of Public Administration University of Dhaka. Date of Submission: October 11, 2012 Introduction: Constitution is the supreme
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MESSAGE RT. HON. DATO' SERI ABDULLAH HAJI AHMAD BADAWI PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA Malaysia has been a successful developing country and is forging ahead to become a developed nation in its own mould. In order to be more successful, our nation has to be managed effectively and its weaknesses and shortcomings have to be overcome. A major challenge it has to address in this endeavor is the strengthening of ethics and integrity. The government has implemented the Prime Minister's Directive No. I of
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JERMAINNE ABE LOPES MARCH 25,2015 AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING MR. DEODY FABROA Reaction Paper Reaction Paper Entitled “Padre de Pamilya” “Padre De Pamilya is a story about a father Joselito Mirasol (Ariel Rivera) whose only wish is for his children to grow up as good Catholic Christians. Unfortunately, his salary as a government officer is not enough to make ends meet. And because he is working under a corrupt mayor (Tessie Tomas), the temptation to become
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Define an Interest Group: Through my research I found that there are many definitions of an Interest Group. For example one is from out text book the definition is; An Interest Group is an organization of people or a letterhead organization sharing a common interest or goal that seeks to influence the making of public policy. (Wilson J. Q. (2008) American Government) The term 'interest group' describes the nature of association this work is concerned with. According to Truman, interest groups
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ROLE OF CIVIL SERVICES IN DEMOCRACY Importance/ Functions of Civil Services Civil Services is the functional body responsible for carrying on the administration under the direction and control of the elected representatives of people and in accordance with the rules and principles. As per E.N. Gladden “It is the function of Civil Services to fulfil the will of Parliament, as formulated by the Cabinet – i.e. the Cabinet works out the policies of the Government. The Civil Services see that these policies
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