YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN ELECTORAL PROCESS A STUDY ON THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN THE 2015 ELECTION IN BIRNIN KEBBI
ABSTRACT
This research work captioned to explore the effort, role and contributions of youth in electoral process, in Birnin Kebbi metropolis in 2015 general election. The research work examined the factors hindering youth participation in the last general elections where emphases was placed on lack of adequate knowledge and information on electoral process, lack of adequate education, deprivation, unemployment and absence of free and fair election, which are in place to bring about electoral related vices. The research work assess the factors encouraging participation of youth in electoral process and offer solutions that could encourage youth participation in future coming elections.
CHAPTER ONE
GENERAL INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background to the Study
The youth are acclaimed to be the future leaders, because of the crucial role they play in political and social development of any nation. They serve as the building block that links the past with the present.  They also represent the future hope of every society. The survival of any political system depend on the role of youth in participatory democratic plat form which allowed all groups regardless of their position, to participate, articulate and negotiate the interest of national unity.
A cardinal feature of democracy remains the active participation of people in governance. The idea of youth participation in electoral process has become a popular part of contemporary political talk in every part of the world. In democratic states youth are leaders of tomorrow. This is because their age category is accompanied with physical, emotional and cognitive development that provides them the opportunity to contribute their own quota toward the growth and development of the nations youth can be identified in the society as transitional stage because of the overall development that take place within the fixed age category. The place and participation of youth in our political process cannot be undermined or over emphasized. For our democracy to be stable and functional youth must be part of the process.
YOUTH PARTICIPATION IN ELECTORAL PROCESS A STUDY ON THE ROLE OF YOUTH IN THE 2015 ELECTION IN BIRNIN KEBBI
