POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA: A STUDY OF 3 SENATORAL DISTRICTS OF AKWA-IBOM STATE
TABLE OF CONTENTS
                TITLE                                                                                                                              PAGE
			  Title page                                                                                                                              
			  Certification                                                                                                                                    ii
			  Dedication                                                                                                                         
			  Acknowledgement                                                                                                           
			  Table of content                                                                                                                
			  List of Tables                                                                                                                     
			  Abstract                                                                                                                               
CHAPTER ONE:  INTRODUCTION
			  1.1       Background to the study                                                                                  
			  1.2       Statement  of Research problem                                                                      
			  1.3       Objectives  of study                                                                                               
			  1.4       Statement  of Hypotheses                                                                                  
			  1.5       Significance  of study                                                                                        
			  1.6       Scope  and limitations                                                                                        
			  1.7       Definition  of terms                                                                                                
			  References                                                                                                                            16        
  CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE  REVIEW/THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK  
			  2.1       Political parties as building blocks of  Electoral politics                              
			  2.2     Variety in origins and development of  political parties.                           
			  2.3       Party origins and development in  established western 
			  Democracies                                                                                                           
2.4       Party origins and development in the  developing world                         
			  2.5       Historical Background of Nigerian  political parties                                       
			  2.6       Theoretical Framework                                                                                     
			  2.7       Theoretical explanations of party and  party system development                
			  References                                                                                                                            40        
CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH  METHODOLOGY 
			  3.1       Research Design                                                                                                     
			  3.2       Population of study                                                                                           
			  3.3       Sample size/Sampling technique                                                                    
			  3.4       Research Instrument: Questionnaire/  Interview                                       
			  3.5       Validity and Reliability of instruments                                                         
			  3.6     Sources of Data                                                                            
			  3.7       Techniques of data analysis                                                                                   
			  References                                                                                                                          
CHAPTER FOUR: DATA  PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND
                 INTERPRETATION 
			  4.1       Introduction                                                                                                          
			  4.2       Data presentation                                                                                                 
			  4.3       Test of Hypotheses                                                                                       
			  4.4     Interview Analysis                                                                      
			  References                                                                                                                             
CHAPTER FIVE: FINDINGS,  RECOMMENDATIONS AND CONCLUSION
			  5.1       Introduction                                                                                                           
			  5.2       Summary and Discussions of findings                                                                 
			  5.3       Recommendations                                                                                                
			  5.4       Conclusions                                                                                                         
			  References                                                                                                                            
			  Bibliography                                                                                                                       
			  Appendix  A: Questionnaires                                                                                        
			  Appendix  B:  Interview Schedule (Guide)                                                                      
			  Appendix C:  List of Political Parties                                                                                
			  Appendix D:  Statistical