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Arabian Journal of Business and Management Review

ISSN: 2223-5833

Open Access

Abubakar S Yushau Alfakoro

Dr, Department of Public Administration, Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University, Sokoto, Nigeria

Publications
  • Review Article   
    Social Media and its Impact on Governance Building in Africa: The Nigeria Scenario
    Author(s): Abubakar S Yushau Alfakoro*, Yahaya Aliyu Ismaila and Abdul Hadi Ayodeji

    Overtime, the social media as contributed to the development of citizen’s participation in government, as it has the potentials to create public awareness and interactions between people in a simple form and different means. Majority of citizens are users of one form of social media or the other in which they interact on daily basis and Nigeria have been experiencing bad leadership, corruption, and economic problems due to bad governance without citizen’s consensus and consent. The objective of this paper is to access the role of social media on consensus and consent building in governance as citizen’s full flagged participation will guarantee accountability, transparency and responsiveness in government. The paper made use of secondary sources of data. The paper recommends that free access to information, responsible journalism and citizen’s .. Read More»
    DOI: 10.37421/2223-5833.2021.11.416

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