TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Rise and Fall of the Two Party-System: The Nigerian Example
AU - , Bamgbose, J. Adele 
JO  - Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
VL  - 5
IS  - 8
SP  - 769
EP  - 778
PY  - 2008
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1683-8831
DO  - pjssci.2008.769.778
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=pjssci.2008.769.778
KW  - Political party
KW  -multi partism
KW  -Nigeria
KW  -Africa
KW  -federalism
KW  -military regime
AB  - The aim of this study is to examine the origins of the two party system consisting of the defunct Social Democratic Party (SDP) and National Republican Convention (NRC) brought into existence through, the military administrative fiat of Rtd. General Babangida. The study points out that the annulment of the June 12 presidential election of 1993, the post election crises and Abacha’s palace coup were the 3 principal factors that stifled and removed the two party system from Nigeria’s political history thereby paving way for the present multi-party state structure.
ER  -