Olaogun Michael

Critically  examining Africa's democratic space since the immediate  post independence era, one could conclude that the taste of democracy was only felt by by Africans during the reigns of Africa's founding fathers who led the struggle for our liberation from the colonial masters, because it was clear that they had the people at heart  despite the oppositions they faced, however with exception to some.  Years later, the leaders who took over reigns from the immediate post independence era have acted with no human sympathy, clear vision as envisaged by our founding fathers and some have been repeatedly accused of still playing the script of the colonial masters for self gains and to the detriment of their subjects,  as one not unmindful of those that are doing well to the best of their capacity.   Decades after democracy is acclaimed to be system of government in Africa, it is unfortunate that our democracy is still heavily characterised by:...

It is no news that one of the topical issues in Nigeria at the moment is the agitations from across different ethnic and socio-cultural groups. These agitations are not far from the power play within the polity, most especially from the ethnic nationalities who believed they have been politically and economically marginalized since the return of democracy in 1999, with the marginalization gainning obvious expression by President Muhamadu Buhari’s administration as perceived by many Nigerians, most especially of southern extraction.   The Indigenous people of Biafra {IPOB} are frequently demanding for secession, while the Arewa youths and some northern elders have in the past demanded for the exit of the Igbos from the north and vice versa, also not forgetting the recent loud ring of Oduduwa republic in the south west which is also becoming a daily loud song in the mouth of some south west political and cultural leaders. And interestingly, the ethnic agitations and ...