As Nigeria marks the 2025 Democracy Day, Kingsley Umunna, a politician, has stated that anyone who fought for democracy in the course of the navy period can be disillusioned at what is occurring in the present day by democratic practitioners.
“We drive away impunity, navy determination makers pondering that if we encourage democracy, there shall be true participatory governance, however in the present day, they took down the principles, the nation is being transformed to autocratic governance, the voice or voices of opposition are muffled right here and there. Needed democratic establishments on the INEC, the Judiciary and the native authorities system are all destroyed; in reality, it’s a tragic commentary.
“In the event you have a look at what democracy has turned to in Nigeria, one might even want that the navy ought to come again out of frustration. Elections are nothing to put in writing house about, our votes don’t rely in democracy, and the judiciary is captured, the press muffled, opposition is form of stifled, what then are we calling democracy?
“So, to me, it’s a fantastic disappointment what our democracy has turned out to be. I weep for Nigeria, and it exhibits in each facet of our lives
“Safety will not be there; the federal government can’t reply when the residents need it. So, to me, the entire charade is regrettable. I don’t assume there may be democracy in Nigeria
Additionally talking, Usman Ogbo, the Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, has known as on the residents to stay peaceable, united and lively within the democratic course of and urged them to harness their variety and collective energy in pursuit of a extra affluent state and nation.”
