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Immediate past president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the incumbent Osun State Commissioner for Information and Civic Orientation, Mrs Funke Egbemode, in this interview by Saturday Tribune’s SAHEED SALAWU, speaks on sundry issues, including the state of the media, 22 years of democracy in Nigeria and the scorecard of her principal, Governor Gboyega Oyetola.
Democracy will be 22 years old in Nigeria next week. How would you assess its impact on the lives of the average Nigerian?
Democracy is where we are at the moment. It’s been a long journey, and considering where we are coming from, I think we have not done too badly. There is plenty of room for improvement but when we look back to the military days, to the freedom we were deprived of, the many issues of people not being able to express themselves, to call the government’s attention to what they want; when we look back to the days when it was just about obeying the last order, the days when the rule
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