THE ROLE OF TRADITIONAL RULES IN DEMOCRATIZATION PROCESS
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TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page
Certification
Dedication
Acknowledgement
Abstract
CHAPTER ONE
Background
to the Problem
Statement
of Problem
Research
Questions
Significant
of the Study
Delimitation
of Study
Limitation
of the study
Definition
of Terms
CHAPTER TWO:
Literature Review
CHAPTER
THREE
Research design
Population
Sample
for the study
Research
instrument
Research
procedure
Data
collection
Procedure
for data analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
Result
and Discussions
CHAPTER
FIVE: SUMMARY CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Summary
Conclusion
Recommendations
Appendix
CHAPTER
ONE
INTRODUCTION
Background
of the Problems
In the past Traditional Rulers who by
virtue of their ancestry occupy the throne or stool of on area seen as the
overall heads in the society and are respected by the people in the community
and his traditional ruler were otherwise known as paramount rulers who were
selected from the royal family by the kingmakers.
The Traditional rulers, as it is all
known are having some constitutional roles which they perform for the effective
administration of domain. Also it is generally accepted that the Traditional
rulers arte not to be actively involved in politics.
It is therefore sadden to see some
traditional rulers involving in politics and perpetration of policies which are
not in the interest of the people.
However, Traditional rulers as royal
fathers who are appointed but not elected arte expected to be giving advice to
the various political parties in the country are not performing their roles on
this area but are participating in politics and majority of them and some still
exercise some sort of favour to some particular candidate
Traditional rulers in real sense are
supposed to be adviser to the elected leaders in or with in their domains this
is because In democratic setting people believe in the controls by the elected
than appointed leaders who at times may not reflect the wishes of the majority,
but the involvement of Traditional rulers in politics has created some
political problems in some localities.
Based on this Traditional, Rulers are
both expected as such should not show or attempt to favor any political party
or any particular candidate.
This topic the role Traditional rulers
in the democratization (process’ will be an advice that Traditional rulers
should have on special roles to play in policies or government beyond the roles
spelt out in the Constitution.
Statement of the
Problem
The role of Traditional rulers in as
stated in the constitutional and the ways the Traditional rulers dabbled into
political system and their collision n with the government has put a land
negative expectation within to mind to populace.
Hence, the following problems are to
examiner.
1.
Are Traditional rulers as custodians of
tradition to be a members of any political party.
2.
How
the Traditional rulers involved in politics.
3.
What
is the impact of the Traditional rulers on democratization process?
4.
Are
traditional rulers expected to favour a certain political parties or sponsor a
particular candidate during election?
5.
What
are the roles traditional rulers play in politics.
Research
Questions
In connection with the purpose of this
study a general question is roused which says.
a. What
is the interest of Traditional rulers in politics?
b. What is the interest of Traditional
rulers in politics?
c. What should be the role of
Traditional rulers in democracy?
d. Are Traditional rulers neutral or
non-partisan?
e. What is the relationship between the
Traditional rulers and politicians?
Significance
of the Study
The purpose of this investigation is to
study the role of Traditional rulers of Okitipupa Local Government in
democratization process.
Specifically the study is set out to
find the role of Traditional rules of Okitipupa Local Government in democratization process.
Especially the study is set out to find
the role of Traditional rulers. Performs in democratic setting, to find out the
level of their participation in polities and how they have being making useful
suggestion to the various political parties. To make recommendation or
suggestion as to ways Traditional rulers should perform their role on democratization
process.
Delimitation
of the Study
The research delimited her study only to
Okitipupa Local Government in order to make the study effective and to gather
more information from people in the area.
Limitations
of the Study
It is the wish of the researcher to
extend her works to cover a very large are in Okitipupa Local Government like
Governing about Four (4) important town or Local Government
However the researcher was confronted
with a lot of problem which h hundred and limited her work to Okitipupa Local
Government alone, some of the problem faced by the research are listed below:
i.
Financial constraint
ii.
The
attitude of people towards giving out information on the topic
iii.
Fuel
scarcity
iv.
Time
factor
Definitions
of Terms
For the purpose of easy understanding of
this study the following definition will be found useful.
Ancestry:
The group of people race from which one is described that is ones ancestors.
Democratic:
This is a system of Government by all the people of a country.
Traditkional:
This is the passing of belief or customs from one generation to the next
Traditional:
The head of a town or villages.
Kings Makers:-
These are the people or chief that install on “Oba” in a town or village
Campaign Programme:
Planned activities of a particular political party
