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Samson Itodo, executive director of YIAGA Africa, says the style of leadership on the continent is making it difficult for democracy advocates to defend the system of government.
At the event organised by the embassy of the Czech Republic in Nigeria, Itodo said Nigerian lawmakers are buying expensive cars while the “country is going through a hard economic time”. “The kind of cabinet that we have, 49 ministers, for a country that is crawling on its knees. And you will tell someone that democracy is the government of the people by the people? Just give us a break.“This is where I see hope for democracy. We need to utilise our voices as citizens. I am not saying we have lost faith as Nigerians, I think we have lost faith in our leaders and institutions and they are too disempowered to provide the right instruments of democracy.
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