Democracy Will Succeed in Nigeria

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Democracy Will Only Succeed in Nigeria if...

Afrobarometer, a nonprofit polling project reports that:
Sixty-one percent of Africans surveyed said they regard democracy as preferable to other political systems. But the pollsters found that flaws in many democracies across the continent have undermined support for the concept.
Washington Post

Democracy has been hijacked by kleptocrats and plutocrats in Africa.

The obvious truth is the fact that most of the African rulers from Nigeria to Egypt have not been faithful to the tenets of democracy in the governance of their countries. But majority of the citizens want democracy to succeed. And we should begin the breeding and training of democratic leaders from the grassroots.

The Nigerian government is a quasi-democracy controlled by plutocrats and kleptocrats. Nigeria is best described as a corrupt plutocracy:"A system of government whereby wealth and the benefits that wealth accrues lead to a concentration of power in the hands of those with disproportionate access to financial resources."Source

Democracy will only succeed in Nigeria if the Rule of Law prevails.

Democracy still remains the most proactive system of government in Africa. And we should do our best to support the advancement of democracy in Africa.

South Africa still remains the Beacon of Democracy in Africa.
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posted by Orikinla Osinachi. at 2:40 AM

Hysteria in Nigeria Over the Third Term and Other Matters

Perhaps, you expect me to join in the public jubilation in Nigeria over the rejection of the Third Term by the National Assembly? And clap my hands to applaud the honourable representatives and senators in Nigeria for defending democracy?But, I am not fooled by the ambiguous and erroneous politics in Nigeria. Because, I want the so called Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to continue with the probe of the allegations of bribery and corruption among the legislators as they were cajoled and tempted in cash and kind by the two opposing camps of the sponsors of the Third Term Constitution Amendment Bill and those against the bill.
He also said the decision by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to probe allegations of graft in the third term project was welcome, but added "I hope the probe is genuine and I hope we will see the result."
~Senator Uche ChukwumerijeAllAfrica.com


President Olusegun Obasanjo is suffering from senile dementia as at present and I pray that God cures him of his madness. He needs to regain his sanity and his Otta Farms would be the best place for his healing in retirement.

Meanwhile, immigrants are popping champagne in America as Immigration Proposals Pass Test In Senate. And I am happy for thousands of Nigerians who have been sacred of their future as illegal immigrants. They can now sigh with relief for a while.Then, the Washington Post news report that U.S. is secretly backing Warlords in Somalia does not surprise me, because that is exactly what the US is doing in Sudan by backing the rebels and using the Western mainstream media to misinform the ignorant public that the Janjaweed militia and the Sudanese governemnt are the real evils in Darfur. The rebels are actually the real devils perpetrating evils in Darfur. --

Posted by Orikinla Osinachi. to Nigerian Times at 5/17/2006 06:37:00 AM