Voters Apathy and Revival of Genuine Political Participation in Nigeria

Authors

  • Sylvia Uchenna Agu Department of Public Administration and local Government, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu, State.
  • Vincent Onyekwelu Sunday Okeke Department of Poltical Science Anambra State University, Igbariam, Anambra State University
  • Adeline N. Idike Department of Public Administration and Local Government, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu-State

Abstract

Voters’ apathy has become increasingly serious globally indicative of the need to build a sustainable society with minimal voters apathy. The study investigates the causes of voters’ apathy .Questionnaires were distributed to 1,120 respondents. The mean age was 24.89, SD=1.70. The gender mean was 1.46 and occupation mean was 1.80. Result revealed that there exist a relationship between voter’s age, occupation and gender and voting in general (P=0.000).The age of voters, the occupation and gender are all significantly related to voters apathy. What could be done to revive genuine political participation was therefore discussed.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2013.v4n3p439

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Published

2013-09-03

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Vol. 4 No. 3 (2013): September 2013

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Voters Apathy and Revival of Genuine Political Participation in Nigeria. (2013). Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 4(3), 439. https://www.richtmann.org/journal/index.php/mjss/article/view/495