Why democracy fails in Nigeria
Vanguard News Why democracy fails in Nigeria On By Hussaini Abdu Globally, democracy has been under significant critical interrogation – both in the advanced and new democracies. The interrogations are informed by increasing right-wing populism, inequality and poverty, slow economic growth, and shrinking civic space. No time has democracy been this interrogated since the end of the Second World War. While the left and Africanist criticism of liberal democracy have been consistent, we have in the last 10 years seen increasing concerns about the failures of democracy even...