Tag: Money Politics
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Dark Money Phenomenon And The Threat To Democracy – By DENNIS ONAKINOR
In his 2012 book titled “There Was A Country: A Personal History Of Biafra,” Africa’s all-time foremost novelist, the late Chinua Achebe, decried the destructive influence of political godfathers and moneybags in Nigerian politics. According to him, “Nigerians will have to find a way to do away with the present system of godfatherism – an…
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Democracy and Money Politics – By Hope Eghagha
The initiators of democracy in 5th Greece never envisaged a situation in which only the wealthy or super-rich would become representatives of the people, whether in the legislative or executive arm of government. Its original meaning – rule of the people – is quite instructive in this regard. For, it is in the sense that…
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INEC boss, Mahmood Yakubu reveals problems confronting Nigeria’s democracy
The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has raised an alarm about money politics threatening Nigeria’s democracy ahead of the 2023 general elections. Yakubu expressed fear that democracy being practiced in the country may soon become a government for the rich rather than a democracy for the people of the country.