GOLDEN STARS MONTESSORI ACADEMYDEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR FUNCTIONS
Independent national electoral commission ( INEC): This is a body charged with the responsibility of organizing and conducting general elections. It is an impartial body responsible for conducting free and fair elections in Nigeria.
FUNCTIONS OF INEC
1. The register eligible political parties
2. It registers voters and provides comprehensive voters to register for every election in the country.
3. The commission conducts elections.
4. Commission announces results and declares winners.
2. Political Parties: Political party is an association that coordinates candidates to compete in an elections. It is a group of persons organized to acquire and exercise political power.
FUNCTIONS OF POLITICAL PARTIES
1. The train people aspiring to be politicians.
2. Political parties educates the masses on political issues.
3. They organize the electorates for political participation.
4. They conduct party primaries to select their representatives that would contest elections.
PRESSURE GROUPS
Pressure groups are defined as organized group which influence government decisions. They are groups of organized people who work actively together to promote and promote and defend their common interest.
Examples of pressure groups are:
1. Academic staff union of universities ( ASUU)
2. Nigerian Bar Association (NBA)
3. Christain Association of Nigeria (CAN)
FUNCTIONS OF PRESSURE GROUPS
1. Offers useful suggestions and advice to government on local, state and national levels.
2. They educate their members on their rights, when those rights are infringed upon by the government.
3. Welfare Services: Pressure groups promotes general welfare services for example, the Nigeria Bar Association sometimes offer free legal services in courts.
4. Acts as watchdogs: pressure groups, acts as watch dogs on public policies, programmes and governance.