POLITICS OF STOMACH INFRASTRUCTURE AND ITS

CONSOLIDATION OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA 2014/ 2015

STATE AND PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

LAWRENCE SUCCESS UMEZINWA

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AN ESSAY SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE

REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE DEGREE (B.Sc) IN POLITICAL SCIENCE.

TO
THE DEPARTMENT OF POLITICAL SCIENCE, FACULTY OF
SOCIAL SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS, AKOKA, YABA,
LAGOS

OCTOBER, 2016

CERTIFICATION

This is to certify that this project work, politics of stomach infrastructure and its consolidation of
democracy in Nigeria 2014/ 2015 state and presidential elections by Lawrence Success
Umezinwa has been read and approved to meet the requirements of the Award of the Bachelor of
Science degree in political science (B.Sc) of University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State.

The project work was supervised and approved by:

Signature

DR. EMMA ONAH

(Project Supervisor)

Date

Signature

PROF. BROWNE ONUOHA

(Head of Department)

Date

Signature

External Supervisor

Date

DEDICATION
Our human compassion binds us to one another- not in pity or patronizingly, but as human
beings who have learnt how to turn our common suffering in to hope for the future
(Nelson Mandela)
I dedicate this research work to God who has indeed been my muse in all ramifications of life.
Also, it is with a heavy heart that I dedicate this research project to my deceased brother, Agbo
U. Godwin, whose influence while alive has culminated in the festering of my livelihood. Your
presence is solely missed.
This research is also dedicated to the future of politics in Africa; to the sanguinity of a
decadence- free political environment in Africa and, of course, Nigeria.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I am especially grateful to my supervisor, Dr. Patrick Oloko, whose profound contribution,
despite a clogged schedule, is the essential catalyst that has birthed this research work.
Also, to my lovely parents, Chief Okpe Agbo Abah and Mrs. Agbo Agnes, whose disposition
towards me has instilled an inerasable set of values which have and are still guiding me through
life. Moreover, to my brothers, Dr. Sunny Desmond Agbo (Canada), Okpe Agbo Raphael, Agbo
Micheal Ogbada, and my sisters, Monica Agbo, Blessing Agbo, Maria Agbo, Janet Agbo, and
Christiana Agbo (Mama G). In entirety, to all descendants of the Okpe lineage cum legacy.
Finally, to those classmates of mine in the Department of English, University of Lagos who have,
in one way or the other, contributed to my academic aspirations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page

Certification

ii

Dedication

iii

Acknowledgment

iv

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE;

POLITICAL DECADENCE IN FESTUS IYAYIS VIOLENCE

AND AYI KWEI ARMAHS THE BEAUTYFUL ONES ARE
NOT YET BORN

Introduction

Background to the Study

Justification for the Study

Statement of the Problem

10

Significance of the Study

10

Scope and Limitation of the Study

11

Research Questions

11

Aim and Research Objectives

12

Theoretical Framework

12

Research Methodology

13

Definition of Key Terms

14

CHAPTER TWO:

LITERATURE REVIEW

Introduction

16

Literature and Society

16

Political Decadence in African Literature: An Overview

21

A Review of Literature on Ayi Kwei Armahs The Beautful Ones

Are Not Yet Born

24

A Review of Literature on Festus Iyayis Violence

28

Conclusion

30

CHAPTER THREE: ANALYSIS OF AYI KWEI ARMAHS THE BEAUTYFUL ONES

ARE NOT YET BORN
Introduction

31

Biography of Ayi Kwei Armah

31

A Summary of The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

32

Political Decadence in The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born

33

Conclusion

49

CHAPTER FOUR: ANALYSIS OF FESTUS IYAYIS VIOLENCE

Introduction

50

Biography of Festus Iyayi

50

A Summary of Violence

52

Political Decadence in Festus Iyayis Violence

53

Conclusion

67

CHAPTER FIVE:

SUMMARY OF RESEARCH

Deductions and Submissions

69

Suggestions for Future Researches

71

Works Cited

72