ABSTRACT
Godfatherism as a phenomenon is one of the dominant features of contemporary politics. It is an ideology which deprives the people of their fundamental human rights of not benefiting from the dividends of democracy. The transition from military rule to democracy in the fourth republic in Nigeria rekindled the hope of Nigerians after over three decades of militarization of Nigerian state characterized with high rate of impunity, corruption, oppression and insecurity. However, the democratic rule in the fourth republic has been characterized with godfatherism and party politics which has weakened Nigeria democratic institutions. Political godfatherism is one of the factors that embedded democratic setting in Nigeria since the first republic. In view of this, this research work is primarily designed to examine the impact of godfatherism on Nigeria politics from 1999-2015 with special attention on Oyo State. The researcher obtained data from both primary and secondary sources while data obtained were analyzed using simple percentage method and the statistical method of Pearson correlation co-efficient. The research found out that godfatherism has significant impact on Nigeria politics.It also found out that there is a correlation between godfatherism and good governance, godfatherism has a lot of influence on the kind of government that will be run in a state which has made some government to be in disarray because conflict arises a times between godfather and godson and it has become one of the greatest problems facing the Nigeria political system.
The research however concluded that godfatherism has been the bane of Nigeria democratic system and therefore recommended that all the tiers of government(federal, state and local) should proscribe and outlaw godfatherism in Nigeria politics.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Title page i
Certification ii
Dedication iii
Acknowledgement iv
Table of content vi
Abstract ix
Chapter One: Introduction
1.1 Background of the study 1-6
1.2 Statement of the problem 6-7
1.3 Research question 8
1.4 Objectives of the study 8
1.5 Research hypothesis 9
1.6 Significance of the study 9
1.7 Scope of the study 10
1.8 Organization of the study 10
1.9 Definition of terms 11
Chapter Two: Literature Review
2.0 Introduction 12
