Two Decades of Nigeria’s Nascent Democracy: An Assessment

Emmanuel O. Ojo, Sadeeq ‘Wale

Abstract


Two decades of democracy in Nigeria makes it sufficiently matured for an assessment. This paper takes a cursory look at the performance of democracy in the last two decades to determine whether it is moving towards sustenance and consolidation. A number of barometers were considered which are critical to well-known canons of democracy. The paper however infers that governing elites need to do more if the masses of the people will be a catalyst to democratic sustenance and consolidation as the performance of democracy vis-à-vis development in all ramifications is nothing to write home about for now in the country.


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Democracy; Economy; Legislature; Media; Security

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