Prebendalism: Are Vote Buying and Voter Intimidation Here To Stay?, By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju

Prebendalism was coined by Richard Joseph to describe what has become a central feature of Nigerian politics and governance. In his book, Democracy and Prebendal Politics (1987), he used prebendalism to describe the appropriation of state offices by officials and the diversion of their resources to serve themselves, their cronies and their affiliated ethnic and other identity […]

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