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The Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Monday, reacted to former President Olusegun Obasanjo\u2019s comment on \u2018Western liberal democracy not suited for African nations.\u2019<\/p>\n
Obasanjo had criticised Western democracy, suggesting it had not delivered good governance and development in Africa.<\/p>\n
He called for a reexamination and moderation of democracy to better suit African nations, citing the Western model\u2019s disregard for African history and complexities.<\/p>\n
Obasanjo proposed an \u201cAfro democracy\u201d tailored to the continent\u2019s unique needs.<\/p>\n
The ex-President said the snag with the liberal democracy was that it was not home-grown and did not take into account African history and multicultural complexities, among other peculiarities.<\/p>\n
Picking holes in the Western liberal democracy, Obasanjo described it as a \u201cgovernment of a few people over all the people or population and these few people are representatives of only some of the people and not fully representatives of all the people. Invariably, the majority of the people are wittingly or unwittingly kept out.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reacting, Onanuga blamed Obasanjo for the current state of Nigeria\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n
While speaking to The Punch, Onanuga noted that the democracy the country currently practises dates back to direct inputs by Obasanjo when he led the country first as military Head of State from 1976 to 1979 and as civilian President from 1999 to 2007.<\/p>\n
READ ALSO: APC Has Bought All Institutions, Will Soon Wipe Out Opposition \u2013 Labour Party Warns<\/strong><\/p>\n\u201cObasanjo ought to know that he brought this thing into Nigeria. He was the one who made us adopt it in 1979. He must have seen it as expensive and unsuitable when he governed us for eight years and even wanted an extension for another four years.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, the way he is sounding, it is like the man is getting wiser after leaving office,\u201d Onanuga said.<\/p>\n
The Presidency blamed the former leader for a poorly copied model during his tenure as Head of State and, later, President.<\/p>\n
It criticised Obasanjo for not advocating a better system despite his current views saying, \u201cIf he believes in what he is saying now, he ought to be an advocate of the need to go back to the parliamentary system.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were practicing the parliamentary democracy the British left for us. Then, the military struck in 1966. And when we were going to return to democracy, instead of going back to what we were practicing before, parliamentary democracy, which was not expensive, it was this same Obasanjo who accepted the recommendation of the constitutional assembly at that time that recommended this American-style democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Presidency criticised Obasanjo\u2019s implementation of the presidential system, saying, \u201cObasanjo also knew that he copied this presidential system very wrongly. He copied the form and structure. But he didn\u2019t copy the spirit of it.<\/p>\n
\u201cSomething that should have been under him in 1999 to 2007, he even made attempts to modify the constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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