1.3 Objectives Of The Study
What constitute the driving motives behind the research are;
- To underscore the importance of active political mobilization in the development of any polity.
- To find out what hinders the people of Udung Uko local government area and the entire Nigerian from being actively mobilized for effective participation in the policies of their country.
- To look into certain ways in which the government, groups and individual can help to improve the level of political mobilization in the politics and administration of their country.
1.4 Signification Of The Study
It is believed that at the end of the study the findings will be of help to people at the grassroot to exercise their franchise in both primary and general election.
It will make the people at the grassroot participate actively in decisions making process in governance.
The study will help to creates opportunity to people to function perform well while holding public office.
1.5 Theoretical Framework
It is always an important methodological requirement in any scientific research to provide a background against which the research looks at the subject of his study. This therefore motivated the need for the research to look into theories relating to the subject matter and select the one most suitable to the researcher.
Thus for this purpose, theory of political mobilization as was propounded by Karl W. Deutsch has been found to be very useful to this study. Deutsch defined social mobilization as the process in which major clusters of old social, economic and psychological commitments are eroded or broken down and people become available for new pattern of socialization and behaviour. Political mobilization is the process of increasing people level of awareness, leading to the recognition of political values and this also means involving the people in the affairs of government. Active political participation is a product of political mobilization. This means that political mobilization is a fore-runner of political participation.
The administration of the former President of Nigeria, General Ibrahim Babangida mapped out programmes to help increase the level of mobilization of the people in the politics of their country. One of the programme was MAMSER (now known as National Orientation Agency) which main function was to educate and mobilize the masses for active participation in politics. The campaign was to be seen as a major step in the orientation of individuals and the society. The entire campaign focused on three main programme namely;
- Mass Mobilization
- Political Education
- Mass Education Campaign
Mass mobilization focused on ways and means of mobilizing Nigeria’s labour resources to generate greater productivity so as to ensure economic recovery and self reliance. While both political education and mass education campaign aimed at creating a new and positive political consciousness among the masses. This was in the hope that politically conscious, effectively mobilized and properly motivated population is the greatest deterrent to bad governance. Karl, Deutsch (1961).
1.6 Research Methodology
The method of data collection used in this research was secondary sources of information which includes textbooks, review of existing documents, reports and journals.
1.7 Scope And Limitation Of The Study
This project focuses on political mobilization. The scope of this research is limited to the geographical area of Udung Uko local government area. However, this study was based with problems of time, finance, etc.
1.8 Definition Of Terms
Certain terms are hereby defined as used in the work.
Democracy
System of government in which the government is under control of citizens as a whole.
Local Government
A grassroot participatory democratic process which implies breaking down a country into smaller units or localities for the purpose of administration in which inhabitants of the different unit have exerting influence in the affairs of government.
Mamser
An acronym which stands for mass mobilization for social justice, self-reliance and Economic Recovery.
Mass Mobilization
This is the process of pooling, harnessing, actualizing and utilizing potential human resources for the purpose of development.
Political Development
This is essentially the building of democracy. It becomes a transitional development of democracy from traditional system to modern democratic system.
Political Education
The process in which peoples level of awareness so as to recognize political values leading to involvement of the people in the affairs of government increased.
Political Participation
It getting the people effectively involved in creating the structures and in designing policies and programme that serve the interest of all as well as to effectively contribute for …
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