Politics of Religion and Ethnicity in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election and the Challenges of National Development

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  • Ibrahim Manaja Zambuk Department of Mass Communication, Gombe State College of Education and Legal Studies Nafada. Author

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Politics, Religion, Ethnicity, Nigerian Presidentail Election, Challenges, National Development

Abstract

This work examine politics of religion and ethnicity in the 2023 Nigeria Presidential election and the challenges of National Development. This study provide a logical answer and empirical evidences whether religion and ethnicity has played a significant role in the Nigeria 2023 Presidential election. To achieve this survey research method was adopted which include face to face interview. And the sampling techniques adopted for this study is the convenience available sampling. Through this research it has been discovered that most people in Gombe State agreed that religion and ethnicity has played a vital role in the 2023 Nigeria Presidential election it is also discovered that politics of religion and ethnicity has a negative effect on National Development. The researcher therefore recommend that despite the fact that ethnicity and religion has long ago dominated the Nigerian politics. Nigerian should learn how to put the interest of the country first before their their parochial, tribal, ethnic or religious interest because the country is for all of us. The leadership of Nigeria headed by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu should as a matter of fairness keep to his electoral promise by putting in place electoral reforms that would enable Nigerians have free and fair election that had eluded the country for decades

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2023-12-31

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Ibrahim Manaja Zambuk. (2023). Politics of Religion and Ethnicity in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election and the Challenges of National Development. Journal of Innovative Social Science and Humanities Research, 2(2). https://hummingbirdjournals.com/jisshr/article/view/98

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