Pessimism from Nigeria
Imnakoya, who blogs at Grandiose Parlor about things Nigerian, offers this excerpt from a speech by Ondo State governor, Dr. Segun Mimiko [left].Democracy may not survive in Nigeria
Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State at a lecture entitled: “Critical Issues in the 2011 elections” delivered to participants at Executive Intelligence Management Course 2 of the Institute for Security Studies said if Nigeria does not desist from “electoral debauchery” through rigging and falsification of election results, the country’s democracy may not survive.
He also said internal democracy in political parties fosters credible elections as “internal democracy is bigger than who appoints the INEC Chairman. If Nigeria must survive, internal democracy must be vindicated…Election rigging may lead to the end of this republic...
The governor admonished the participants, who were drawn form various national security agencies, to “rise above the dysfunctional realities of Nigeria. You are placed in a society that is soiled but you are not supposed to be soiled”.
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Labels: democratization, elections, Nigeria
posted by Ken Wedding @ 6:19 AM
1 Comments:
Ken,
Great job on your series of posts on Nigeria. I wish the MSM would cover it more, as it is critical to Africa, which is critical to....
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