TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page
Certificate
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Table of content
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Statement of the
problem
1.3 Objective of the
study
1.4 Significance of
the study
1.5 Scope of the
study
1.6 Statement of
hypothesis
1.7 Limitation of
the study
1.8 Definition of
operation terms
1.9 Historical
background of the organisation
CHAPTER TWO
2.1 Literature
Review
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 Research Methodology
3.2 Study population
3.3 Study sample
3.4 Statistical tools applied in the data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Data analysis
4.1 Data presentation and analysis
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Summary of findings
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Recommendation
References
Appendix
Questionnaire
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
A political party is an organization which contest
election in order to gain the control of government. It is an organized group
of people who share similar political opinion, principles, interest and belief
with the aim of gaining political power and governing the country. A political
party is a form of political association, which seeks to control offices via
election.
According to Rose (1999), political party is “an
organization concerned with expression of popular preferences and contest the
control of the chief policy making offices of government.
The importance of political parties in any polity
cannot be over emphasized they provide the platform for recruiting public
offices president, government, legislators, they also perform the role of
“national integration”.
Political party are very essential to
democratically organized state, since election is an integral feature of
democracy, political party is highly indispensable to the practice of democracy
in many parts of the world today.
This research will examine political parties and
public orientation in Nigeria.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEMS
Political parties performs silent function in
democratic governance. They help in democratic, mobilizing, screening and
nominating candidates for election. They provide the machinery for recruitment
of political leader to represent general interest.
It is the duty of political parties, to formulate
goals the state will pursue if they win. They socialize and educate the
electorate on political economic and other vital issue.
Among the vital role performed by political
parties, it is paramount for them to ensure the emergence of genuine democracy.
Hence, great emphasis must be designed to facilitate the transformation of Nigeria’s
political environment from a largely negative one to a one in which the people
will be enlightened to be politically conscious and organized into popular
formation of the defense of democracy and social justice.
However, the level of public orientation, by
political parties in Nigeria
is very poor. This functions rarely perform or when performed, it results in
enlightening the general public. The importance of public orientation by
political parties is not well tapped in Nigeria democracy.
1.3 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY
Political parties and public orientation in Nigeria is the
central focus of the research. The objectives of the study includes:-
·
To evaluate the role of
political parties in public orientation.
·
To examine the correlation
between public orientation and good governance.
·
To reveal the attitude of
political parties towards public orientation.
1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY
The main significance of this, work is that it will shed
more light to the decision of the policy maker which will theoretically improve
their knowledge on the act of making, policies relating to political system in Nigeria. It
will also enhance the academic syllabus of students under citizenship
education.
However, it
will also motivate the general public on the political interest which will
reduce the rate of political apathy in the political activities of the country.
1.5 SCOPE OF THE STUDY
This research
is carried out to discuss the political party and public orientation in Nigeria, with special focus on the People
Democracy Party, Lagos
State field survey in
this research will be conducted among the members of the party in the state
government.
1.6 STATEMENT OF HYPOTHESIS
Hypothesis 1
Hi: That political parties in Nigeria have significant roles to
play in public orientation.
Ho: That political parties in Nigeria have no significant role to
play in public orientation.
Hypothesis 2
Hi: There is correlation between public orientation and good
governance.
Ho: There is no correlation between public orientation and good
governance.
Hypothesis 3
Hi: Political parties in Nigeria have positive attitude
towards public orientation.
Ho: Political parties in Nigeria have negative attitude
towards public orientation.
1.7 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
It is
envisaged that the research might be confronted with some hindrance in the
course of gathering data useful for the purpose of this study.
Such problem
may include time and financial constraints, and official secrecy which could
aid good information from the case study.
1.8 DEFINITION OF OPERATION TERMS
Political Party:- Is an organized group of citizens, who act together as a
unit, having distinctive aims and objectives, involving political question in
the state and by acting together and seeking the obtain control of government.
Political Education:- Can be defined as a process of mental and psychological
liberation and the sensitization of the citizens with a view to increasing
political awareness enouncing meaningful participation of the political process
of a nation.
Party System:- The conduct of government based on the number of political
parties within a system.
Government:- Government as an institution of the state may be defined as
an agency or a machinery through which the will of the state in formulated,
expressed or attained. Also government as a process or art of governing may be
defined as a body vested with the power and authority for maintaining security,
peace and stability by making and enforcing conventional and fundamental laws
in a given state or society.
Election:- It can be defined as the democratic means by which people
choose their representative or rulers. Also, election allows the people to
choose between or more alternatives, it also allows the people to declare their
support for one thing or the other.
An election is a form of procedure recognized by
the rulers of an organization or society, whereby all or some of the member of
the organization or society choose a smaller number of person to hold office of
authority in the organization election is therefore a recognized procedure in
every democratic society.
1.9 HISTORICAL
BACKGROUND OF THE ORGANIZATION
Decree no 33 of August 11, 1998 gives the power to
register political parties to INEC. On December 14, 1998, the chairman of the
INEC announced at a press conference, the outcome of the financial registration
of political parties.
The people’s
Democratic Party, All Nigeria
People’s Party and Alliance
for democratic was registered having met the necessary requirement and
conditions set out by the decree. The National Headquarters of the People’s
Democratic Party is located at Kladate Plaza, Michael Okpata way, Zone 5, Wuse
Abuja.
PDP Motto: Justice, Unity and Progress
PDP Slogan: Power to the people
PDP Mission:
To Building a Modern Democratic State founded on Justice, Equity and fair play.
Realizing the need to:
i.
Make fundamental break
with past mistakes in order to realize the optimum potential of the country.
ii.
Build a qualitatively
better society based on the principles of democracy, human rights and social justice
under the rule of law.
PDP is committed to:-
i.
Restructuring Nigeria in the
spirit of true federalism and responsible tiers of government, so as to achieve
a just and equitable society.
ii.
Resolving such fundamental
issues as proper devolution of power between the three tiers of government.
PDP is as follows:-
1.
The indivisibility of the Nigeria Polity:-
i.
We affirm our belief in
the unity of Nigeria
under the federal system of government we shall therefore continuously promote
political tolerance, accommodation and compromise, religious harmony as well as
inter-ethnic and intra-ethnic accommodation and cooperation.
ii.
The party shall also
promote geo-political balancing as a fundamental principle of power sharing in
the country in line with the power rotation in our polity at all levels.
2.
Supremacy of the constitution:-
i.
PDP, affirm to belief in
the supremacy of the constitution of federal republic
of Nigeria, and the sovereignty of the
Nigeria
nation and its people. We hereby affirm our commitment to strict observance and
enforcement of the provisions. As a political party, we shall conform to the
spirit and follow the provision of the constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, and the constitution of the
People’s Democratic Party.
3.
Independence of the judiciary and
operation of the rule of law in the
federal of Nigeria and the
sovereignty of the Nigeria
nation and its people.
4.
Scarcity of human dignity
DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES
PDP shall remain strongly committed to:-
i.
Democracy and good
governance.
ii.
Freedom, human right and
human dignity
iii.
Justice, equity, popular
participation and rule of law.
iv.
Integrity, transparency
and accountability in the conduct of public affairs.
v.
Sustainable development
through the creation of private sector led economic development.
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