Finance and Electoral Participation in Nigeria, 1999-2007

Abstract

This paper interrogates the impact of finance on electoral participation in Nigeria from 1999 to 2007. Using institutional and agency theories of political activism to study the impact of finance on electoral participation in Nigeria, 'it discovered that while finance impacts negatively on contestants participation, it enhances the participation of voters who seek material and financial incentives in the process as a means of survival. The paper therefore recommends financial empowerment for all citizens as the method of enhancing genuine democracy.