Factors That Challenge the Further Consolidation of Democracy in Nigeria

question 52

Multiple Choice

Factors that challenge the further consolidation of democracy in Nigeria include all of the following EXCEPT

• A) expressions by the military's senior officers that the military has a role to play in the country's politics.
• B) the growing use of extra-systemic measures, including violence, by the political elite to advance their interests.
• C) the presence of minor parties with only narrow ethnic constituencies.
• D) militias expressing ethno-nationalist demands.
• E) the absorption and cooptation of opposition forces by the PDP.

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