Olisa Agbakoba, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), believes that the country’s model of democracy needs to be reworked and has criticised opposition members for putting their own structures under control for the All Progressives Congress (APC).  ,
Agbakoba questioned the level of commitment by Nigeria’s politicians, who he claimed were only concerned with gaining control, and claimed the country’s current democratic system “is not working.”  ,
“I believed things would have been much better than what we have now.” And after we had military coups in and out, then democracy for more than 25 years, I think something must be wrong. Agbakoba stated on Monday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today that something was fundamentally wrong with the process.
He said, “I just came to the realization that it’s time to shed our Western model, the Oyibo model, the model that the Europeans and Americans have imposed on us, because it’s not working, and I’ve reflected on this a lot.”
He claims that Nigerians are only interested in a system that provides them with the basic necessities.
Who would you want to vote for, in general, if you asked Nigerians at the moment? They will simply say, “We want to vote for food in our stomachs, good schools, good roads, good housing, and other things that make them comfortable,” the senior advocate said, citing China’s growth despite the country’s lack of democracy.  ,
“The president’s identity is not really important to Nigerians.” They are looking forward to a president who will deliver. In order to do that, it is also necessary to make sure you have a good president.
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He claimed that Nigeria needs to start considering a system that works for all people, given that the country’s Western democracy is “certainly not working.”
“So I want the question to be the first step in the conversation. Does this have any effect on us?
The Western system of democracy, I’d say, may be effective in Europe, but it’s not effective here. What can we put on the table that will work, then?
Agbakoba said, “The first thing to do is acknowledge that this country is very divided along ethnic, religious, and linguistic lines.”
Agbakoba claims that his statement is in vain because the opposition parties have been defections from the All Progressives Congress.
“I’d better tell the opposition tonight that they’re not making any sense. And they have two years to wake up if they believe they have a chance in 2027, according to the former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president.
Source: Channels TV
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