ABSTRACT In Nigeria, the politics of poverty and the poverty of politics seem to have coalesced to produce a phenomenon known as ‘infrastructure of the stomach’ in the polity. Infrastructure of the stomach is a politically induced lexicon that gives a diametrically opposed verdict of representation and empowerment. ‘Stomach infrastructure’ is a reality projected by the Nigerian politicians on the vulnerable electorate who for poverty are encouraged to mortgage their fundamental right of freedom to choose who governs them in exchange for immediate gratification in monetary, food, or other material terms. The literal import of the transactional terminology of ‘stomach infrastructure’ is the moving of the meaning of infrastructure out of the context of where it is normally found and linking it with the stomach instead. The contradiction generated by the contending forces of ‘infrastructure of the stomach’ and ‘infrastructure for the stomach’ is seemingly based on a play on words and plurality of ideologies that takes the meaning of infrastructure out of the context of where it is normally found, linking it instead with the stomach. But the source of its impact is not merely and only linguistic; more properly, it is socio-economic. This binary thinking and nuance dominate, dictate and energise the structure of the Nigeria electoral process; it is either a support for stomach infrastructure which invariably can stand for vote-buying or support for infrastructure of the stomach that may translate to the overall development of the entire social structure and system.

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交易政治：尼日利亚“胃的基础设施”和“胃的基础设施”挑战的表现

摘要在尼日利亚，贫困政治和政治贫困似乎已经结合在一起，在政体中产生了一种被称为“胃的基础设施”的现象。胃的基础设施是一个政治诱发的词汇，它给出了对代表性和赋权的截然相反的判断。“胃部基础设施”是尼日利亚政客对弱势选民的预测，他们鼓励贫困选民抵押他们选择统治他们的基本自由权，以换取金钱、食物或其他物质方面的即时满足。“胃基础设施”的交易术语的字面意义是将基础设施的含义从通常发现它的位置的上下文中移出，而是将其与胃相关联。“胃的基础设施”和“胃的基础设施”的竞争力量所产生的矛盾似乎是基于文字和意识形态的游戏，这些意识形态将基础设施的含义脱离了它通常发现的上下文，将它与胃连接起来。但其影响的来源不仅仅是语言；更准确地说，它是社会经济的。这种二元思维和细微差别支配、支配​​和激励尼日利亚选举过程的结构；它要么是支持胃基础设施，它总是可以代表投票购买，要么是支持胃基础设施，可能转化为整个社会结构和系统的整体发展。