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Political Parties, the 1999 Nigerian Constitution and the 2011 General Elections

Given the critical role that political parties play in constitutionalism democratization and development, the proper design and functioning of political parties is crucial as democracy and constitutionalism is deepened in Nigeria.Using the 2011 Nigerian general elections as a factual context this paper critically examines four propositions that significantly enhance the role of Nigerian political parties in the country's democratic consolidation within the framework of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999.The first proposition is that the present design of the role of Niger…