17 YEARS OF NIGERIA'S DEMOCRACY

As Nigeria marks another Democracy day,It will be nice for us to appraise 17 years of Nigeria's Democracy. Some questions we need to ask ourselves is, How has Nigeria fared under Democratic Governance? Is there any hope that things will get better in Nigeria? What is your view? Drop your comments. Read the four peculiar features of this year's Democracy day Celebration including the views of Ogun State Governor.

 The Governor of Ogun State, Senator Ibikunle Amosun has proclaimed that the elected arrangement of government being drilled in Nigeria is fake.

This was a piece of the representative's dedicatory address for the festival of 2016 vote based system day in Abeokuta on Thursday, with the subject: 'Majority rule government in Nigeria, the torments, the increases: Ogun illustration'. The occasion was assembled by the State section of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, as a feature of exercises to stamp the Democracy Day.

The Governor placed that the assets apportioned to the Federal Government when contrasted with what was being dispensed to the states was entirely lopsided, given the way that states had a larger number of obligations.

He said, "The federalism cherished in our constitution is an essential region of our majority rule government. Be that as it may, do we have a decent federalism in Nigeria? What we have in Nigeria has been depicted as false federalism, on the grounds that a federalism that put all the influence, all the duty and all the cash at the inside however put all the obligation at the state is not a decent federalism.

"Today in Nigeria, the Federal Government takes 74 for every penny of the abundance of the country, the 36 states and Abuja share 26% of the Nation's resouces.

"Be that as it may, the states are given all the authority organizations. Along these lines, there is agony. Ogun State, as an illustration, has 70 department organizations, a large portion of these offices require the state to bolster their exercises monetarily."

Amosun, who spoke at the occasion through the Secretary to the State Government, Taiwo Adeoluwa, called attention to the fact that all levels of administration in the nation had experienced the agonies and increases of majority rule principle in the previous 16 years.

He however communicated good faith that as the nation advanced, the juvenile majority rule government in the nation would keep on being refined.

He said, "Whether it is flawless or defective, let us keep on refining it and refine it until it gets to an adequate level."

4 Noteworthy truths about Nigeria's Democracy day 2016
While October first (1963) is the day Nigeria turned into a republic after her first majority rule procedure, May 29th is the official date for commending vote based system as the day military ruler Gen. Abdusalam Abubakar gave over power to Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, denoting the end of just about 30 years of military principle since 1966 – with a brief stretch of popular government somewhere around 1979 and 1983 – and proclaiming another majority rule government.

Not surprisingly, Nigerians will praise this day that denote the arrival to common guideline after an extended military administration that practically destroyed the country, with happiness. Furthermore, in an offer to add to the current year's festival of the groundbreaking time, 

1. The occasion will be commemoated on 30th of May
This year, May 29th fell on a Sunday , keeping in mind this is as of now a  work  free day for the majority of the nation's natives, the Federal Government has pronounced Monday, May 30, 2016 as an open occasion to check the 2016 Democracy Day. The statement of which was finished by the Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, for the benefit of the Federal Government is certain to convey happiness to the hearts of the numerous individuals inside the Nation as it would guarantee a long weekend for everybody.

2. The day will stamp 17 years of majority rules system in Nigeria

The primary Democracy Day likewise was hung on 29th of May 1999 and in that capacity, the current year's festival will check 17 years of continuous majority rule government. This is an extraordinary accomplishment as the primary vote based government which initiated after Nigeria turned into a republic on 1 October 1963 kept going just around 3 years and the second time, which was a brief spell of vote based system somewhere around 1979 and 1983 with Alh. Shehu Shagari, endured pretty much 3 and half years also. There is the certainty now that popular government has come to sit tight.

3. The festival will match with the Biafra assertion day
Initially, the date May 29  was restricted by a few Nigerians who were worried that the date was excessively near the date Chukwuemeka O. Ojukwu proclaimed the 'Severance and Declaration of the Sovereign State of Biafra' and the day 'On Aburi We Stand' discourse was made; on the 30th of May, 1967 and 1969 separately. This year, as the festival has been moved to the following day, the 30th of May, it would really agree with the Biafra presentation day.

4. The day will mark 1 year in office of President Muhammadu Buhari
 President Muhammadu Buhari, was sworn into seat amid the Democracy Day festivity on May 29th, 2015, in the wake of winning a standout amongst the most extraordinary decisions ever held in the nation. Thus this year, Nigerians won't just be recognizing the rebuilding of majority rule government in Nigeria, they will likewise celebrate one year in office of the President and in addition his supported exertion in building a serene, persevering and popularity based legacy.
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