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VOL. 3, ISSUE 1 (2021)
Trilemma on governance deficit, the endsars protest and political insecurity in Nigeria: The international dimensions 2015 -2021
Authors
Umoh Udofia Sunday
Abstract
This paper welts on citizens’ trilemma regarding governance deficits, the EndSARS protest and political insecurity in Nigeria with international dimensions in mind. The paper deploys theory triangulation via systems theory by David Easton (1997) that considers the political system in terms of input and output model through the behaviour of individuals, groups, organizations and its relationship to the society. This explains the accentuation of governance deficits by actions of political actors as fecundity to the EndSARS protest energized by the theory of connective action of Bennett and Segerberg (2012) and Pond & Lewis (2019). Connective action theory explains the interconnecting capacity of social media to harness people of different backgrounds within a short period of time into demanding for social change in any society. Both theories are boosted by the actualization theory of Abraham Harold Maslow (1908-70) that sees the achievement of self-esteem and self-actualization as the basis for human optimization of insatiable needs leading to crimes or protests against the state. Data for the study was generated only through secondary sources like textbooks, journal articles and verified internet links. The paper adopted descriptive method to qualitatively analysed data. Qualitative analysis of data reveals that the eruptive and remonstrative actions of subnational groups that breeds insecurity to be consequences of injustice, corruption, unemployment, poverty and hunger. The study concludes that issues of protests and insecurity occasioned by governance deficits cannot be shadowed by repressive instruments of government and recommends restructuring of the economy and provision of constant electricity to boost the production sector of the economy for Employment.
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Pages:20-28
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Umoh Udofia Sunday "Trilemma on governance deficit, the endsars protest and political insecurity in Nigeria: The international dimensions 2015 -2021 ". International Journal of Sociology and Political Science, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 20-28
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