As Nigeria continues to celebrate twenty years of uninterrupted democratic rule with various public affairs commentators x-raying how the country has fared since 1999 when civil rule was fully restored to the country, one of the leading voices in agitating for a true Nigerian egalitarian society and the Executive Chairman, Centre for Anti-corruption and Open Leadership, Mr. Debo Adeniran has yet again cautioned that the country is still miles away from a decent society where rule of law and rich democratic values abound.
Adeniran who was the keynote speaker at the third annual Prestige Newspapers Lecture and Awards ceremony spoke passionately about the need to demand more from politicians across the length and breadth of the country, adding that Nigeria can get rid of corruption with concerted efforts of the populace.
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When asked by the publisher of ireportnews to highlight the lessons the country has learnt in the last twenty years of uninterrupted democaracy, Adeniran who is always very passionate about project Nigeria replied “Not much feasible lessons have been learnt. Almost all mistakes that led to Shagari’s ouster are being repeated by the political leaders and the public is largely complacent. We tolerate infrastructural deficits occasioned by the insertion of wrong pegs in the right holes and reluctance of the authorities to implement their own laws. The system is still stratified along socio-economic lines while nobody seems to be ready to bridge the gorge between the rich and their poor counterparts. The poor is badly disempowered and impoverished to render him vulnerable to manipulation of different sorts.
Adeniran also promised to shed more light on the question in his next interview session with ireportnews.
Watch this space.
