Nigeria made several attempts at enthroning democracy, with some of them always ending in a fiasco | Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Since attaining self-rule in 1960, Nigeria has made several attempts at enthroning virile democracy, with some of them always ending in a fiasco, but the fourth republic, which began on May 29, 1999 seems to have broken that jinx, though political observers have contended that it is not yet uhuru due to myriad of paradoxes. The…

Mr Clement Nwankwo, is the executive director of Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC), a pioneer Nigerian human rights defender. Nwankwo, founder of the first human rights organisation in the country, Constitutional Rights Project (CRP) also heads the Nigeria Civil Society Situation Room (Situation Room), made up of over 60 civic groups that serve as a…