IN NIGERIA CELEBRATING THE BIRTH DAY OF UNBORN BABY

As usual, after viewing  NTA national wide news, get back to my bed and pick my phone. Load on to 2go,chart for about 1-2hrs,then,load on to my blog reading list, if there is any interested piece to read, will do so, if not them would draw my blanket and close my eyes for tomorrow. I came across a status update on 2go look like these ‘Alas! People are celebrating 13 years birthday of an unborn child’. From a fellow political scientist and a good friend, humble Najibullahi Nuhu,wrote to him that, please need more light on his above status update because there is a piece about to write on Democracy. He reply that, I can use his quote but with a proper acknowlagement,which have done it.Najibullahi quiet 2go with out sharing his own opinion with me, also quiet 2go and draw my blanket, begin to think of an idea on how to write these piece.

On 29 may, 2011.President Jonathan was sworn-in to his office and on 29 may,2012. Mr.president clock a year in office as well as celebrating 13 years of Democracy in Nigeria.Demorcracy is not a new phenomenon to Nigerians, it definition and basic principles. H.B MAYO wrote ‘A democratic political system is one which makes government responsive and effectiveness depends first and foremost on the efficiency and skill of its leadership’ some of it principles include liberty, equality, rule of law, tolerance and a democratic government is carried on according to the principles lain down in constitution, citizen are sovereign and the government derived their authorities from the constitution of the nation.

To begin my analysis from 1999, first and foremost with the so-called democratic constitution of 1999.The constitution was made by military regime during the regime of Abacha/Abdulsalam. The civilian government inherited the constitution, which serve as the current constitution we have in Nigeria, a lot of amendments  was undergone by various regime in art of governance, where by millions of naira were given to our representatives in order to make law that would favour the government in power. Having knew that in democracy ‘ballot’ replace ‘bullet’, then, why Nigerian government is still using the constitution that was made by holders of Gun and bullet?. The election in 1999 was said to be illigimate  because the mandated of voters was snatch by one political party called PDP, which lain to litigation by other political parties by which the supreme court rule in favour of the incumbent government, where is the independent of Judiciary in Democracy?

Having spent good solid 8 years in power with noting to write home about, the trickery moves made by Obansanjo to allow him to remain in power for ever did not work, which paved way for another election, yet same story of injustice and electoral malpractices. No any meaningful development in the country, perherps the government of Nigeria celebrated 13 years of Democracy specifically in the administration of president Good luck Jonathan, in his transformation agenda to transform the nation but Nigeria is transpiring with scandals and scam in economics of the nation, incidence of corruption in some of they mininsteries.Corruption is now count in billions and dollars in Nigeria. Leaders without sympathy amass wealth that he and his family can not spent it, in their life time, while millions of Nigeria wallows in absolute poverty, founding it very difficult to eat three square meal.

With regard to electricity, always the moon in the night and sum in day time, except increments in tarrif,hundred of Nigerians are dead because of unscrupulous water that, the consumed, our hospitals is collapsing with  Doctors going on strike. We have delipited roads which brought genocide on road, thousand of accidents here and there. Hundred of thousands people are slaughters due to insecurity, it since the government of Nigeria has fail us, fail to protect our lives and properties. To done justice to Mr.president, one year is not enough to fix the broken nation, will reserve some critic until on 29 may 2014, if God spear our lives.

Democracy is not yet born in Nigeria because the glory of Democracy suppose to elevate the masses, developed their faculties and stimulate their patriotism toward the nation, but a great irony in the speech of Mr president on ‘Democracy day’  to renamed UNILAG as with MKO ABIOLA name. This is an arbitery rule, with out the conset of the people and the university community. Nigeria get marry to inconvianceses,the pregnant of genuine Democracy  is not yet conceived talk less of celebrating the birthday.