Nigeria: Democracy, Borrow-cracy Selfo-cracy, Wayo-cracy Or Demonstration Of Crase?
Nigeria: Democracy, Borrow-cracy Selfo-cracy, Wayo-cracy Or Demonstration of Crase? EBEN ENASCO REPORTING. Every June 12, Nigeria marks Democracy Day with speeches, parades, and promises. But scratch beneath the surface and you will hear different vocabulary in market squares, offices, and social media spaces, like; "Borrow-cracy, Selfo-cracy, Wayo-cracy, and Demonstration of craze". Despite Nigeria sustaining uninterrupted democratic governance since 1999, making it the country’s longest period of civilian administration since independence, genuine dividends of democracy have eluded citizens. Amidst plenty, citizens now lobby for what to eat, drink and power daily necessities. Waves of self aggrandizement, notorious policies and deepening Judiciary corrupt practices heaping loads of concern with no end in sight for the commons. The words sting because they point to a gap between the idea of democracy and the way it feels to live in it. Today, citizens no longer ...