hilli666:

Nigeria is a failed state, under the guise of a country. We should default back to our ancestral form of government, mornarchy. Back to the days of empires. Like the yourba kindom, calabar or efik kingdom, the benin empire, the kanem bornu empire. Now we are talking, at least then we knew who we were we had identities. Now we are the lauging stalk of the entire globe.

OK, let's say Nigeria reverts to that state. What's to stop us from having a brutal leader that rarely bends to the will of the people?

Yes we are practising democracy. When America started their democracy blacks were not allowed to vote or be voted for despite having their first declaration that all men were born equal yet later adopted dat a black man should be 3/5th of a white man but today they've grown to d point where d pple who didn't count who were a fraction of a human being hav finally produced the president.
We shouldn't lose hope or even destroy what we Share Goodluck had d option of takin ova wen d circumstances were not clear but he rather chose to allow his position defined and agreed b4 steppin in.

@ oluking
"I would say we are practicing democracy.we are at an evolving point. we are customising the concept of democracy to suit a unique diversity.its nots going to be a short process,but we will get there."

I suppose you understand the meaning of democracy, and then your description about our's, supposses to me, you mean home-grown democracy.

Yes evolving. The more our democratic age, the more destructive, wicked, ignorant, and unwholistic our approach to elections and governance is.

Yes, customising a democratic concept that places primacy on religion, tribe, political creed, personalityand wanton greed above the country's common good.

Yes, it's not going to be a short process, cos we want it that way( I have to benefit from it before any effective policy change takes place.)

In truth, we are not anywhere near a democratic culture, forget about the political organs or agencies we have in place. In them , self comes before country.

GOD HELP US!

@poster
4 me Nigeria is not a democratic nation because the views of the masses are not used and wit poor use of constitution.wat is the cause of this ugly situation?

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Finally somebody making sense up in here.