DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE.

The adoption of Western Democracy after independence has come with a lot of changes to the hitherto roles and powers of traditional political institutions of building peace and security generally inNorthern Nigeria and Gombe in particular. Until this time, the Northern Nigerian political traditiona...

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Main Authors: AHMED MUSA, BASHIR ABDULLAHI, MOHAMMED AUWAL, UMAR MUHAMMAD JUNGUDO
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Published: Federal University Wukari 2024-06-01
Series:International Studies Journal
Online Access:https://wissjournals.com.ng/index.php/wiss/article/view/328
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MOHAMMED AUWAL
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description The adoption of Western Democracy after independence has come with a lot of changes to the hitherto roles and powers of traditional political institutions of building peace and security generally inNorthern Nigeria and Gombe in particular. Until this time, the Northern Nigerian political traditional institution was no doubt the most powerful and important political institutions that were at the centre of maintaining peace and security of their people. With the advent of democratic rule in Nigeria, the powers and control of traditional political institutions began to dry up and seem to have only opportunity of stakeholders in the state with advisory position because of the systematic enforcement of political leaders who at some time lack the knowledge of their societies and are coming into power by chance which make them to represent their personal interest using democracy as a tool, rather than making their society’s interest a priority. This paper will examine the roles of traditional political institution in promoting peace and security in Northern Nigeria and look at the impact of democratic principles on traditional political institution of Northern Nigeria and Gombe State in particular. The study will use both primary and secondary sources of data. The structural functional theory will be employed to explain the topic under discussion. The findings of this study will help in shedding more light upon role of Traditional Political Institutions in Promoting Peace and Security and how the coming of Democracy undermine their power in Gombe States as well as recommend how can this institution be position for effective performance in peace building.
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spelling doaj-art-ed7bb5107a9142b2906e0b7246e7b6ec2025-02-10T10:00:33ZengFederal University WukariInternational Studies Journal2756-46492024-06-0182DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE.AHMED MUSA0BASHIR ABDULLAHI1MOHAMMED AUWAL2UMAR MUHAMMAD JUNGUDO3COLLEGE OF EDUCATION BILLIRI GOMBE STATEGOMBE STATE UNIVERSITY, GOMBECOLLEGE OF EDUCATION BILLIRI GOMBE STATEFEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF KASHERE, GOMBE STATE The adoption of Western Democracy after independence has come with a lot of changes to the hitherto roles and powers of traditional political institutions of building peace and security generally inNorthern Nigeria and Gombe in particular. Until this time, the Northern Nigerian political traditional institution was no doubt the most powerful and important political institutions that were at the centre of maintaining peace and security of their people. With the advent of democratic rule in Nigeria, the powers and control of traditional political institutions began to dry up and seem to have only opportunity of stakeholders in the state with advisory position because of the systematic enforcement of political leaders who at some time lack the knowledge of their societies and are coming into power by chance which make them to represent their personal interest using democracy as a tool, rather than making their society’s interest a priority. This paper will examine the roles of traditional political institution in promoting peace and security in Northern Nigeria and look at the impact of democratic principles on traditional political institution of Northern Nigeria and Gombe State in particular. The study will use both primary and secondary sources of data. The structural functional theory will be employed to explain the topic under discussion. The findings of this study will help in shedding more light upon role of Traditional Political Institutions in Promoting Peace and Security and how the coming of Democracy undermine their power in Gombe States as well as recommend how can this institution be position for effective performance in peace building. https://wissjournals.com.ng/index.php/wiss/article/view/328
spellingShingle AHMED MUSA
BASHIR ABDULLAHI
MOHAMMED AUWAL
UMAR MUHAMMAD JUNGUDO
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE.
International Studies Journal
title DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE.
title_full DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE.
title_fullStr DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE.
title_full_unstemmed DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE.
title_short DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES AND THE ROLES OF TRADITIONAL POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS IN PROMOTING PEACE AND SECURITY IN NORTHERN NIGERIA: A CASE STUDY OF GOMBE STATE.
title_sort democratic principles and the roles of traditional political institutions in promoting peace and security in northern nigeria a case study of gombe state
url https://wissjournals.com.ng/index.php/wiss/article/view/328
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