The anti-politics of Buhari administration
By Sylvester Odion Akhaine
Our democratic process has been purged of virtually all its democratic content. The people, the organising element of any polity do not matter and to borrow the words of Guillermo O'Donnell, they have been reduced to citizens of low intensity. The legislature is a rubber stamp one, known in British history as the 'Long parliament', a proxy of the executive who were elected in a brazen compromise of parliamentary autonomy. The judiciary is intimidated and peopled by political appointees without merit but programmed to do the will of the executive. In this manner, the judiciary has become the Golgotha of the common man and not his hope. With the capturing of all the arms of government, the executive has been transformed, in all objective sense, into a despot.
 | By Sylvester Odion Akhaine I am pleased to deliver this keynote address at this 2nd summit of the Nigerian pro-democracy movement. This summit is taking place in the context of deepening national cont www.chidoonumah.com |
Chido Onumah
Coordinator, African Centre for Media & Information Literacy (AFRICMIL: www.africmil.org)
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