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Arilesere R. Mustapha and Funke J. Oni
examined the speeches of presidents, governors, political office holders, etc. Specifically, studies on political manifestoes have concentrated on the analysis of modals, lexical verbs, transitivity, among others. However … lamentation as discursive construction of insecurity and economic crises in opposition manifestoes of five presidential candidates in Nigeria’s general election between 2015 and 2023 with a view to identifying