Peter Obi, presidential candidate of the Labour Party in the 2023 elections, says democracy has become a deprivation to the people instead of benefiting them.
Obi said as the country marks 25 years of striving to be a democratic nation, Nigerians should ask themselves if they are truly democratic.
He said the nation has disintegrated into “a classical state capture”.
“An unexamined life is not worth living, so it is now time to re-examine what we have been doing over this quarter of a century. Democracy, as we know, is the government of the people, by the people, and for the people,” End Quote
He further emphasised that the consequences of not being a true democracy have led to leadership failures that have resulted in uncontrolled systemic corruption, high levels of insecurity, lack of freedom of speech, increasing poverty rates, and unprecedented levels of hunger and hardship, which remain unsolved and are growing geometrically.
He properly Defined True democracy to be people-oriented, where the rights of citizens are respected, the laws are obeyed, the leaders remain accountable to the people.
