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Integrating Traditional Authority into Electoral Governance: Lessons from the Bida Emirate Experience, Nigeria Gana, Idrees Mahmud; Umar, Sakina Nna
JAKPP (Jurnal Analisis Kebijakan & Pelayanan Publik) Volume 11 No. 3, November 2025
Publisher : Departemen Ilmu Administrasi FISIP UNHAS

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31947/jakpp.v11i3.47759

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Traditional authority remains a central component of governance and policy mediation across Africa, where culturally grounded legitimacy often complements formal state institutions. This study examines how traditional institutions contribute to electoral governance through the case of the 2023 general elections in the Bida Emirate, Niger State, Nigeria. Guided by Hybrid Governance Theory and Institutional Pluralism, the research explores how indigenous authority structures interact with formal institutions to promote democratic legitimacy, peace, and civic participation. Using a descriptive survey design, data were collected from 299 respondents and analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics, including the Chi-square test. The analysis reveals that traditional leaders in the Bida Emirate played significant roles in electoral peacebuilding through dialogue, community sensitization, and collaboration with security agencies. Findings highlight how traditional legitimacy complements formal electoral institutions by fostering trust, moral authority, and compliance with peaceful conduct during elections. The study contributes to the policy integration of traditional institutions by demonstrating that hybrid governance can enhance electoral credibility and conflict prevention in plural political environments. It recommends that electoral management bodies institutionalize structured consultations with traditional councils as part of election planning, voter education, and dispute resolution mechanisms. In doing so, African electoral systems can strengthen democratic legitimacy by embedding indigenous authority within the architecture of public administration and governance reform.
Ghosts in the Machine: Informality, Implementation Failure, and the Active Destruction of Trust in Nigeria’s Subsidy Reform Gana, Idrees Mahmud; Ogaji, Tijani Adamu; Augustine, Baba Theophilus
JAKPP (Jurnal Analisis Kebijakan & Pelayanan Publik) Volume 12 No. 1, Maret 2026
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31947/jakpp.v12i1.49591

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The 2023 removal of Nigeria's fuel subsidy, which was supposed to free up fiscal resources for development, resulted in dramatic price hikes, inflation, and widespread popular anger. This paper contends that the reform's failure arises not only from technical or planning shortcomings, but also from the ubiquitous effect of informal institutions on policy implementation. Fuel merchants, bureaucratic gatekeepers, and political elites formed networks that influenced pricing, distribution, and palliative measures, shifting benefits and undercutting compensatory efforts. Using a qualitative single-case study and informal institutions theory, the analysis shows how these individuals deliberately undermine formal changes, resulting in active trust destruction, in which citizens regard policy failure as deliberate rather than incidental. The findings indicate that ad hoc and opaque relief measures enhance distrust, limiting the legitimacy gains of reform. The report concludes that without institutionalised transparency, effective monitoring, and regular compensation, Nigerian subsidy reforms will continue to fail, growing public scepticism and jeopardising economic and political stability.
Co-Authors Augustine, Baba Theophilus Ogaji, Tijani Adamu Umar, Sakina Nna