Former President of Nigeria, Cheif Olusegun Obasanjo, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, have emphasized the need to entrench democratic culture and institutions that will sustain development and security in the country. Speaking at the Port Harcourt International Conference with the theme: Deepening Democratic Culture and Institutions […]
Former President of Nigeria, Cheif Olusegun Obasanjo, Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, have emphasized the need to entrench democratic culture and institutions that will sustain development and security in the country.
Obasanjo who also noted that there are no shortcuts, no quick fixes, and no magic wand to fix the country, however, stated that for enduring and thriving democracy that will deliver dividends to the people, there must be systematic and continual development and training of democracy for good governance by all means.
“Without retracing our political steps in the right direction, the current process will either not produce the right leader or it will leave so many broken blocks from the path of governance and attract resources and energy away from the task of rebuilding Nigeria and consolidating our democratic practice.
He added that a failure may increase political polarization, exacerbate our social fault lines and set our democracy backwards. The Governor noted that Since 1999, Nigeria has had six general election circles, but none was considered substantially clean and fair, saying: “The outcome of the 2003 general elections was rejected at different levels by the opposition and the losers and litigated up to the Supreme Court.
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