Analyzing Democracy in Nigeria

Abstract

In Nigeria, between 1999 and 2004, the concept of democracy as a form of government in which the people elect leaders and representatives who are responsible for the welfare and improved standard of living of the masses has been put to test. Various policies initiated and implemented by democratically elected government of the Obasanjo administration have shown that the mass of the people has little or no input in vital policies that affect their continued existence as human beings...