Abstract: Good governance connotes that government is committed to creating a system founded on Justice, peace, protection of human security and civil liberties that promote participation, transparency, responsiveness, consensus oriented, equality and inclusiveness, effectiveness and efficiency with accountability.However, one of the means to good governance has always been adjudged to be the practice of democratic system of government which means the government of the people and for the peopleconstituted through free and fair election.Notwithstanding, the democratic system of government could equally generate conflicts depending on the manners of governance because good governance premise on peaceful management of conflict that can bring a desirable positive change to enhance development. Conflicts in governance are generated when there are opposinginterest that if not properly managed could lead to confrontational and economic downfall. It is observed that governance induced conflict inNigeriandemocratic system is as a result of social, economic, political inequality and marginalization across Nigerian states. This paper reflected on how Nigerian democratic system for over 20 years is still crawling and unable to put in place good governance, integrative machinery for its conflicting but dynamic populations to nationhood. The paper examines major contending issues affecting the Nigerian governance and democracy, such as multi-culture, state creation, indigenes/settler’s dichotomy, federal character principles, corruption, poverty, political and economic exclusion, bad governance and many more. The paper recommended necessary solutionson how to promote good governance, social justice, economic development that can avert conflict in Nigerian democracy.
Keywords: Democracy, Governance, Conflict, Development, Management.
Title: Democratic Governance and Conflict Management in a Complex Multi-Cultural Society: The Nigeria Chronicle
Author: FEYISARA, Olaitan Eunice, FRANCIS Olusanmi Kenneth
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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