Democracy and Good Governance a Comparative Study of the Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari (Civilian Administrations)

Abstract of Democracy and Good Governance a Comparative Study of the Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari (Civilian Administrations)

The study examines democracy and good governance, a comparative study of the Goodluck Jonathan and Muhammadu Buhari (civilian administrations).

The qualitative method was used. Qualitative data are not statistical. They involve analysis of discourses, utterances, meaningful linguistic items, themes and similar data from sources like textbooks, newspaper articles, journalistic reports, internet materials, seminars and interviews. Data was taking from many of the itemised sources.

The study revealed that; the whole idea of good governance is the same thing with the dividends of democracy; On the comparative findings, Goodluck Jonathan’s term in office cannot only be summarised by its failures to address the issue of corruption and insecurity, among others; Buhari administration has been able to forge important diplomatic and economic relations with China, which is a growing economic power house in the global economy.

The study concluded that; the issue of ensuring good governance in Nigeria should be the main focus for all due to its great implications on democracy and vice-versa, because without a participative democratic process, national development becomes a hard feat to achieve. Democracy can be established in Nigeria through good governance, fairness, justice, transparency, accountability.

The study recommended that; the EFCC and ICPC should be made fully autonomous in order to be able to fight corruption without any external interference; the issue of corruption should be given adequate priority; democracy in Nigeria should be participatory; Nigeria’s foreign policy in present-day must be premised solely on national interest with emphasis on national security and welfare, regional and global peace, as well as robust multilateral diplomacy that is tailored along strong strategic partnership with friendly states in the global arena; the government should give adequate attention to the growing rate of unemployment in the country; the federal government of Nigeria needs to set positive mechanisms in place to birth new foreign policies that will contain the crisis of underdevelopment, the challenges of poverty, leadership, political development; free primary and secondary education should be introduced in all states of the federation.