When Democracy Is Priced Out: Monetisation Of Politics As A Tool Of Exclusion In Nigeria, By Okechukwu Nwanguma
In a recent intervention, former Minister of Aviation, Osita Chidoka, raised alarm over the prohibitive cost of political party nomination forms in Nigeria. His concerns go beyond party politics. They speak to a deeper and more troubling reality: the deliberate monetisation of politics as a strategy for exclusion—and, ultimately, the criminalisation of democratic governance.










