Social, Cultural and Geographical Considerations as Determinants of Governmental Power Equation in Fourth Republic of Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the social, cultural and geographical considerations as 
determinants of governmental power equation Fourth Republic Nigeria. 
Three (3) research questions and three hypotheses were answered and 
tested in the study, respectively. The design of the study was correlational, 
with the population as the 774 Local Government Areas in Nigeria. These 
Local Government Areas have 774 Chairmen and Chairmen of Caretaker 
Committees, from which 387 (50%) were selected as sample using the simple random sampling technique. Respondents of the study responded to 
2 sets of instruments. These were the 21-item Social, Cultural and 
Geographical Considerations Scale (SCGS) and the 8-item Governmental 
Power Equation Inventory (GPAI), designed by the researchers in the 
modified 4-point Likert scale model, with reliability indices of 0.84 and 0.89, 
respectively. Simple regression was used in answering the research 
questions while z-test associated with simple regression was used in testing 
the hypotheses at a 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study show 
that social, cultural and geographical considerations determine 
governmental power equation in Fourth Republic Nigeria and that there is 
a significant determination of social, cultural and geographical consideration 
of governmental power equation in Fourth Republic Nigeria. Consequently, 
the study concluded that social, cultural and geographical variables play 
strong roles in determining governmental power equation in Fourth Republic 
Nigeria. Recommendations made are that stake holders should come out 
with appropriate parameters when using these variables in determining 
governmental pendulum.