BY ALEX OTTI
“The Nigerian government is keenly monitoring the situation in the US and may impose sanctions on specific Americans and also a travel ban on President Donald J. Trump and his family. In addition, all those connected with attempts to scuttle democracy in the US may be restricted from traveling to Nigeria. We will not stand idly by and watch the will of the American people being subverted. Meanwhile, all Nigerian citizens should avoid non-essential travels to the United States until further notice”
The opening text above was a message I received from a Nigerian friend of mine serving in the US military. For a moment, I had thought the message was actually a press release from the Nigerian government but it turned out to be a joke!
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Wale Oluwade argues that the parameters that define democracy are largely missing in Nigeria
When we speak of a democratic dispensation, some of the critical indices to look out for include these 10 fundamental elements. They are multi-party participation, free, fair and credible elections, separation of powers, checks and balances, virile public institutions, independent and impartial judiciary, supremacy of the rule of law, free and independent mass media, active citizen engagement and the role of CSOs.
Upon a critical analysis and evaluation of the foregoing, it becomes apparent our social/political and governance practices are nowhere near being deemed even a caricature of a democratic political system. Tagging our current governance practices democratic is an egregious travesty.
Nigeria: Why Nigeria Is Not a Democratic Country allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
his father or father-in-law. all his career he s been thrust into roles he s not ready for. kushner seems to have been fiercely, almost self-lessly loyal to family. but the clannish mentality has often ill served him during his stay in government. kushner has made bone headed blunders in the white house. he reportedly pushed for firing of fbi director james comey, even though anybody with a blip of experience could have told you this move would backfire horribly. he s allowed his feud with steve bannon to turn into a public soap opera. we don t know everything about his meetings with the russians but we know that they bea tray rookie naivete on several levels. this turmoil for both trump and kushner was inevitable. we can add to that list he pushed ruddy giuliani. he pushed michael flynn in such an aggressive way that nobody could really reason with him in terms of a choice of national security adviser.