UNDERSTANDING DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA: A SATIRICAL THESIS

Abstract

This paper was motivated by a desire to generate further critical debates on the course of democracy in Nigeria. Attempt has been made in the paper to identify the major flaws in Nigeria’s electoral democracy. The methodology of the study is the critical mode of research. The theoretical framework is the elite theoretical framework. Findings of the study indicate that democracy is actually, precariously on course in Nigeria. It is finally opined in the paper that what needs to be done truly entails preaching to the Nigerian elite and converting them to the ways of genuine democracy. In the meantime, the understanding of democracy by the Nigerian political elite remains immensely at variance with the way; “we the people” understand democracy