ELECTORAL REFORMS IN A BOURGEOIS DEMOCRACY: THE JUDICIARY INTERPRETATION AND IMPLICATIONS IN NIGERIA POLITICS

Abstract

This paper seek to proffer solutions to the challenges orchestrated by judiciary interpretation of electoral reforms especially, the 2022 electoral reform for future democratic purposes. It also exposes, the root causes and implications of such interpretation on the contemporary Nigeria democracy. It analyze Nigeria democracy from the bourgeois perspective. The paper adopted descriptive survey method, using both primary and secondary sources of data to extract information that enable the conclusion. The population of the study is one million, one hundred and sixty seven thousand, five hundred (1,167,500), derived across six states in the six geopolitical zones such as; Anambra (South East), Delta (South-South), Lagos (South-West), Taraba (North-East), Kano (North-West) and Nasarawa state (North-Central), ensuring representation of one state across the six geopolitical zone. A sample size of ten thousand, three hundred and ninety eight persons was drawn using random sampling techniques. Percentage method was used in analysis and interpretation of data. The findings include among others; none independent of the judiciary, corruption, constitutional lacuna and gap etc. The paper recommends; judicial autonomy, constitutional amendment, policy instrument etc