E-Democracy:A Panacea for Enhanced Participatory Democracy(Nigeria in Perspective)
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This paper examines the voting patterns in Nigeria since independence till date,
the growth of ICT in the country and its it~influence on the democratic process.
and the readiness and prospects of e-democracy in influencing participatory
democracy particularly in terms of increasing the number voters.
The data used for the research was collected through online source from the
Nigerian Communications Commission site and the Nigeria Congress
Organization site among othera. The resulting dato was analysed using simple
statistical methods and results presented pictorially.
Findings revealed that the success of e-governmental and e-democracy is largely
dependent of' the growth of' ICT, which is still at its lo west ebb in the country.If
the appropriate infrastructure is made available to implement e-democracy, it
will arouse the interest of the populace in governance , increase the numbers of
voters, and enhance transparency, probity and accountability, and participation
in governance as well as help stabilize the nascent democracy
Keywords
QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science