![]() The hasty impeachment of Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State, who was a maddening critic of the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Presidency, has thrown up more confusing question in the Nigeria political environment. The recent impeachment of the Governor of Adamawa State, Nyako was brought to light when he defected from PDP to All Progressive Congress APC. It took the judgement of the Supreme Court of Nigeria to save Atiku Abubakar from being disgraced out of office. Atiku Abubakar wanted to contest for the office of the president while his boss Olusegun Obasanjo wanted a third term in Office. The most popular case was the purported impeachment of the former vice president Atiku Abubakar by Olusegun Obasanjo controlled National Assembly. Many Deputy Governors in Nigeria have been impeached because of nursing the ambition to be the next governor. What happened in Anambra state in the past is a good example, where Chris Uba the political God-father in Anambra state mobilized the state house of assembly to impeach the governor (Dr Chris Ngige) on the account that the governor refused to share the state resources as agreed before the election. Political God-fathers usually mobilize the legislature to impeach governors who refused to dance to their tone. Impeachment is used as a sledge hammer by politicians, who are able to sway legislative houses, mobilize lawmakers to impeach governors, deputies and even leadership of the legislative houses who they believe are enemy to achieving their political ambition. In some states of the country, issues that are inconsequential, which could easily be ironed out without any noise making, have been allowed to worsen to the point of hindering government activities while the arms of government busy themselves hunting down a target. Politicians in Nigeria employ the instrument of impeachment to settle political scores. The ward returning officer submits the pool result to the local government returning officer, who collates them and send to the state returning officer.Īmendment of Results: for instance, in presidential election, results collected from the various states of the federation are submitted to the chairman of the electoral body who announces the winner and issues certificate of return to the winner. This process is conducted and supervised by electoral commission.Ĭounting of Votes: Results are collected on ward levels where there is a returning officer who collates all the results in all the entire polling units in the ward. Voting Exercise: this is the day the electorate will go out in number to carry out their franchise, “to vote and be voted for”. The campaign involves convincing the electorate that their candidates is the best option and introducing manifesto of what they intends to achieve if brought to power. The registration exercise provides the statistics for the election and ensures that no voter votes twice.Ĭampaign: political parties take it upon their shoulder to campaign for their selected candidates. Registration of Voters: electoral bodies are charged with the responsibility of registering voters, and issuing voters card. ![]() These candidates represent them in different constituencies. Nomination of Candidates: political parties conduct primary election to nominate the candidates that will vie for different political position. Population, the geographical and nature of terrain are usually considered. Presentation of election victory certificateĬreation of Electoral Constituencies: this involves delineating the entire area the election is to take place.The creation of electoral constituencies.The process in electoral system includes: A body is constituted and charged with the responsibility of organizing, supervising and conducting elections into various government offices. The electoral process spells out the methods through which the election should be conducted. It includes all the constitutional requirement and conditions for the nomination for the primary and general elections. Electoral process is a method through which the citizens of a state elect their representatives into different political offices.
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