Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Monday declared that democracy has failed and is dying in Africa.
Obasanjo said to salvage the situation, democracy must be
addressed in the context and content of Africa.
Speaking at the 60th birthday colloquium of former Imo State
Governor, Emeka Ihedioha, the former president argued that it is not just
failing but dying due to its disconnect from the continent’s values and
realities.
He lamented that the judiciary has failed to salvage the
situation.
According to Obasanjo, the African governance system has
become one where leaders “grab everything illegally and corruptly” while
telling the people to “go to court.”
He said: “If you are talking about democracy failing in
Africa, democracy in Africa has failed. And why has it failed?
“Because in context and in content, it is not Africa. It
does not have any aspect of our culture, our way of life, what we stand for,
what we believe.
“Today, we have democracy, which is government of a small
number of people, by a small number of people over a large number of people who
are deprived of what they need to have in life. That is not democracy that will
endure.
“It is, I am because I can grab. What sort of democracy
brings you and you grab everything and then illegally, corruptly and you say go
to court. When you know that even in the court, you cannot get justice.
“It’s not that democracy is failing, democracy is dying and
if we are going to make democracy not to die, we have to look at democracy in
the context and in the content of Africa. I hope that we will get to that stage
so that democracy which will deliver will be the democracy that we will have in
Africa.”
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