Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

ESS 224 — Democracy in Nigeria

ESS department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• explain the concept of democracy and its important ideas
• trace the history of democratic governance in Nigeria; and
• discuss party politics and ideological basis

Course contents

Concept of democracy. Democracy and its important ideas. Features of democracy. History of democracy in Nigeria. Developments in Nigeria’s democracy. Party politics and national interest. Problems of political parties in Nigeria. Ideological issues in Nigeria’s democracy. constitutional issues in Nigerian democracy.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study ESS 224.

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