Oni, Samuel and Ayo, C. K. and Oni, Aderonke A and Duruji, M. M. (2015) Electronic Enabled Citizens-Parliament Interaction: Imperative for Democratic Governance in African States. In: The 15th European Conference on eGovernment (ECEG 2015), 18 - 19 June, 2015, University of Portsmouth UK.
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Abstract
Pivotal to democratic governance is the legislature which provides a veritable interactive, participatory and consultative platform for citizens’ input in the decision-making process. In an era of public disenchantment on democratic institutions, modern democratic parliaments utilize Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) to enhance their accessibility and interaction with citizens for inclusive decision making process. In spite of the unprecedented diffusion, acceptance and usage of ICTs in Africa, legislative assemblies of most African countries are inaccessible and lack adequate meeting facilities to regularly interact meaningfully with the public. This research paper therefore employs a combination of descriptive statistics of website survey and updated literature search to evaluate the extents of the capacity of African parliamentary websites to engage citizens in legislative decision-making process. The research findings reveal the extent of the usefulness of African parliamentary websites, in view of the potentials that the unprecedented growth and diffusion of Internet and mobile technologies acceptance and usage in Africa present, for democratic governance such as required by modern democratic parliaments
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Aderonke Oni |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Jan 2017 10:46 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Jan 2017 10:46 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/7627 |
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