Abstract
After years of military and authoritarian rule, great expectations accompanied the resumption of civilian rule in Nigeria in May 1999. For a country that has suffered severe deterioration in its economy and politics over the fifty years of military rule, the assumption that a civilian rule would herald a dawn of peace and a deepening of democratic values and norms in the society was understandable. This paper sets out to analytically x-ray the country’s political cum economic penchant and to ascertain to what degree its democratic principles have been consolidated upon from the inception of its democratic rule. The paper finds that consolidating democracy in Nigeria is tough and challenging but not entirely hopeless. Nigeria is a country with thriving democratic spirit but is ruled by tyrants and despots who have both the inclination and resources to scupper agitations for democratic reforms. Nigeria’s, like citizens in established democracies, want constitutional democracy and all the rights, privileges and benefits associated with democracy.
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