Democracy they say is the government of the people by the
people and for the people. Encyclopedia opines that, it's the rule by the
people, especially as a form of government either directly or through elected
representatives.
Nigeria known as the giant of African supertur around the
system as a government under the dictatorship or mediocre rule the people of
its jurisdiction.
Democracy first appeared in ancient Greek political and
philosophical thought in the city-state of Athens, during classical antiquity to
bring the citizen closer to the government with the word demos, "common
people" and Kratos, "strength." Led by Cleisthenes, where
Athenians established what is generally held as the first democracy in 508–507
BC.
Before June 12, 2019, May 29, 1999 used to be the official
democracy day in Nigeria, which marked the instalment of the newly elected
president, Olusegun Obasanjo, in 1999, ending multiple decades of military rule
that began in 1966, and had been interrupted only by a brief period of democracy
from 1979 to 1983.
Democracy since Obasanjo's instalment as the president, has
turned "crazy democracy," sung
by late Nigeria popular rapper "Dagrin," who saw Nigerian political leaders as crazy
beings.
Notwithstanding, characteristics of democracy are meant for
the citizens, not political leaders and their families; freedom of speech,
freedom of movement, right to education, freedom of religion and right to vote
etc, which encompasses the 250 ethnics groups in Nigeria.
Freedom of movement and obeying of rule of law had been said
to have dead ages, most especially during the ruling of President Muhammadu
Buhari and his cabinet.
Recalling, Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of
African Action Congress (AAC) for February 2019 general election, and convener of
RevolutionNowProtest, who was detained illegally by the men of the Nigeria State
Security Services (DSS), alongside his counterpart Bakare, after being granted
bail consecutively.
Gaining independence in 1960 and being a Republic in 1963, has turned the country and its authoritarian seat of power to mediocre and ages seat
of power. Old days, free education and job opportunities for the
youths, irrespective of certificates were enjoyed.
The United States with two political parties was among the
oldest modern democracies, but it is only the oldest if the criteria are
refined to disqualify claimants ranging from Switzerland to San Marino. Some
historians suggest that the Native American Six Nations confederacy (Iroquois),
which traces its consensus-based government tradition across eight centuries,
is the oldest living participatory democracy. Others point out that meaningful
democracy only arrived at a national level in 1906, when Finland became the
first country to abolish race and gender requirements for both voting and for
serving in.
Conclusively, Nigeria can not be made a point of good
reference as touching democracy amidst her contemporaries, until the political
administration of Nigerian States is drastically reformed.
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