PEDAGOGICAL CHALLENGE OF EFFECTIVE POLITICAL EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION IN NIGERIA 2015-2021 A STUDY OF EZZA NORTH L.G.A, EBONYI STATE
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BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY
The most significant impediment to the nascent democracy is the pervasive lack of political education and insecurity of lives and property, as evidenced by a spate of voter apathy, armed robbery attacks, assassinations of political opponents, ill-prepared voters' education for the upcoming elections in Nigeria, electoral fraud, and the apparent helplessness of a long-in-power government. The problem is compounded by the increasing number of unemployed Nigerians, some of whom are good candidates for criminal behavior. According to Uhunmwuangho and Aibieyi (2017), when all of the elements that should be accessible, such as voter education, are either unavailable or unimportant for sustained political growth in Nigeria, the democratic experience in Nigeria over the last decade cannot be considered good in comparison to other African countries.
Voter education plays an important role in every nation's growth process. It is the foundation of any nation's economy and an essential tool for training the young voters for long-term and democratic administration in the twenty-first century of political and national growth. The importance of voter education in any election process cannot be overstated. It is critical that voter education begin on time in order for the election to be a success. Electoral fraud has remained a thorny subject since the country's independence. The first three democratic trials were cut short due to electoral fraud and bad election administration. Furthermore, the 1999 general elections, which launched the present democratic regime, were allegedly marred by widespread and gigantic electoral malpractices and anomalies. Since the establishment of the current democratic regime, there has been little emphasis on teaching the Nigerian public about voting rights. Almost all elections in this nation have been marred by electoral violence, intimidation, manipulation of the electoral commission and security forces, election cheating, double voting, hijacking of ballot boxes, vote buying, and counters.
The phrase "knowledge is power" is not an exaggeration. The significance of voter education in the political processes of any country, developed or developing, cannot be understated. Raising awareness is a critical means of spreading knowledge. The majority of people in developing countries, like Nigeria, are uninformed of the complexities of the electoral process. It is vital that the general public understands that the political and electoral process comprises more than simply voting. The ability to vote correctly is determined by one's awareness of all other crucial events in the election process. According to Weldeab (2010), as mentioned in Uhunmwuangho and Aibieyi (2017), good knowledge also promotes active involvement and a sense of citizenship among the general population, all of which are vital to the development of any expanding country.
Voter education must begin as soon as feasible in order for an election to be successful. Voter education is designed to ensure that voters in any country are ready, willing, and able to participate in the political process. This involves electoral literacy, instructional activities, and the conviction that the political process is legitimate and effective in selecting its own politicians. As a result, it is vital to say that voters have faith in the election process when they are adequately taught about the processes, which would be made simpler if this sensitization began in secondary school, knowing that these kids will be prospective voters when they become eighteen. This is due to the importance of this understanding in moulding their political conduct and supplying them with critical information about the country's electoral process.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
In recent years, Nigeria has seen a significant increase in voter apathy and voter disinterest in the political process. According to Nwankwo (2016), one of the fundamental issues plaguing Nigeria's political system today is a lack of effective engagement of the people in things affecting them. Participation is a variable that includes engagement in the decision-making process, decision implementation, sharing in the benefits of made and executed decisions, and monitoring the entire process. In comparison to the past, especially the early post-independence Nigeria, there appears to be a rapid disengagement of the people from political life today (Nwankwo, 2012 cited in 2016). Indeed, there is currently a culture of every man for himself that penetrates the whole community, especially those in positions of public trust, impeding critical progress.
According to Vincent (2017), most Nigerians are frequently misled or entirely uneducated about the workings, acts, and policies of government. He goes on to say that some people who participate in elections and other programs do not fully understand the issues at hand; others vote incorrectly because they were told to or because they are disinterested in the electioneering process; and still others avoid the electioneering process entirely. Another issue is that many Nigerians have a pervasive sense of pessimism. A broad sense of estrangement pervades Nigeria's political landscape. According to Nwankwo (2012, referenced in 2016), indifference and helplessness are important aspects that best define individuals' political lives in Nigeria. It is the people's indifference that has stood in the way of widespread citizen consciousness, while impotence is evidenced by the fact that most Nigerians do not appear to have any means of participating in politics other than during elections, which are often laden with difficulties. As a result, there is a widespread belief that elected officials have little or no control over what they do as representatives of the people between elections, to the point where many people have lost faith in politics and related activities, resulting in incalculable efforts spent on futile sectional, ethnic, and religious squabbles.
To address this issue, there is a need to move beyond the employment of periodic jingles, media broadcasts, caravan exhibitions, classes, and verbal arguments and replace them with actual political education. Although it is a slow, systematic, and continuous process of orientation and re-orientation in premise and goal, it progresses to wholehearted acceptance and internalization of a new set of values affecting individuals as well as social groups on a daily basis and in practically every sphere of activity in which the school, through pedagogical instruction, and other relevant institutions play roles. Although several studies has been conducted on the impact of political education on political participation none has been focused towards pedagogical challenge of effective political education and mobilization in Nigeria, against this backdrop the researcher delved into the study.
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