It is over fourteen (14) years of democracy in this country (Nigeria, I keep asking myself, what can we show for democracy in Nigeria today? What distinctive difference can be seen in comparison with military era?
In the present democracy in this country, a man already sentenced to death being set free by an appeal court (all because he now has people in political offices), and such individual is being wooed to contest in an election. Yes, such thing is not a crime in Nigeria, it is only happening in our system of democracy that sixteen (16) votes will be regarded as the majority votes as against nineteen (19) votes in an election. Our democracy is such that gives room for five (5) lawmakers to impeach a speaker backed with twenty-six (26) lawmakers, what an occurrence in Nigeria! Nigeria is the country that the President will make a decision and he need not to explain the whys of his actions (since they even rigged the election).
In Nigeria, the presidency is so powerful that the wife of the president dictates in different states and the two house of representatives cannot do anything, it is only in our democracy you see people paying exorbitantly for their own resources. A Senator is so bold in to raise a motion in support of his animalistic act of legalizing childhood marriage, no wonder no one takes us serious in the committee of nations.
University and Colleges students will have to spend months at home because of strike and political office holder who spends exorbitantly on vehicle maintenance, sitting allowances, newspaper allowances and so feels there is nothing bad in it, eighteen thousand minimum wage is too much for many state government to pay and it is never a big deal to allocate funds for the state house generators, the so-called Pastors also have become politician, it is only happening in Nigeria that government negotiate with terrorist, yes such things only happen in Nigeria and yet without benefitting the masses.
This country Nigeria, who will be your saviour?