MIGRATION AND ELECTORAL DYNAMICS: TRACING HISTORICAL PATTERNS AND THEIR IMPACTS ON NIGERIA'S 2023 GENERAL ELECTIONS

Abstract

The Nigeria's 2023 general elections happened to be the Nigeria's 6th consecutive election the Second Republic that is since the return to democratic rule in the year 1999. As the most populous black nation and a major player in the global community, the Nigeria 2023 general elections were closely monitored by both national and international observers. Before the election, campaigns flagged off by a range of strange and complex pressing issues which all political party flag bearers promised to tackle such as corruption, poverty, security, unemployment, lack of basic amenities, all of which posed major challenges to he Nigeria development and also the significant reasons while many Nigerians are migrating to foreign countries. This paper is aiming to expose the reason for the poor outing electorates in the general elections in 2023 significantly because of migration of Nigerians, with this research, it is going to be study how eighteen political parties and flag bearers eyeing and vying for the top positions at all level especially to the senate, as gubernatorial winner and to the presidential villa in Abuja, Nigeria. In this parameter, this research intends to explain the key issues and implications that affect the results of the General elections in 2023 which is migration phenomenon. This research is going to adopt qualitative method, while recommendations and suggestions are going to be mentioned for further studies