Samuel Egwu is currently the Governance Adviser for the United Nations Development Programme in Nigeria and a Professor of Political Science at the University of Jos. He has published extensively on topics including the impact of structural adjustment programmes, agrarian change in rural communities and federalism.

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  Citizen Action and the Consolidation of Democracy in Nigeria: A Stu...

  Ibrahim, J & S, Egwu

  In VSP Coelho & B von Lieres (eds) Mobilizing for Democracy: Citizen Action and the Politics of Public Participation. London: Zed
  Due to copyright restrictions, we can only share the first three pages of this chapter online. The book can be ordere...
  Due to copyright restrictions, we can only share the first three pages of this chapter online. The book can be ordered from Zed Books at www.zedbooks.co.uk/citizenship or purchased at the IDS bookstore.
  
  This chapter is about the struggle to consolidate democratic gains in Nigeria through citizen mobilization, following President Olusegun Obasanjo’s attempt to change the constitution in order to prolong his tenure in office for a third term. It examines the mobilization of an anti-third term camp, which was drawn from Nigeria’s parliament, civil society, opposition parties and the popular masses.