{"id":162707,"date":"2025-05-16T12:27:04","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T11:27:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/western-democracy-has-failed-in-nigeria-agbakoba-suggests-new-system-of-govt"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:42:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:42:51","slug":"western-democracy-has-failed-in-nigeria-agbakoba-suggests-new-system-of-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/western-democracy-has-failed-in-nigeria-agbakoba-suggests-new-system-of-govt","title":{"rendered":"Western democracy has failed in Nigeria \u2013 Agbakoba suggests new system of govt"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, has suggested a new model of government for Nigeria.<\/p>\n

This is even as Agbakoba claimed that the Western democratic liberal model has failed in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

He made this known on Friday while fielding questions on Arise Television\u2019s Morning Show programme.<\/p>\n

Agbakoba suggested \u201ca consociational democracy, where we build our institutional democracy around our institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cI think that the basic problem to permit me to give a small contextual and conceptual background about where we are and the problem, I think that the basic problem is that the Western democratic liberal model has failed. Nigeria, as you know, we\u2019ve worked on a new constitutional process for 25 years, since 2000 and nothing.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s time to rethink and reimagine our democratic experience. It\u2019s not working, it\u2019s not inclusive, it\u2019s divisive. It\u2019s full of fighting. It\u2019s a winner take it all. People want power, nobody wants to be in the opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou see the opposition, people all jumping into the APC. The process is not working. So personally, I would advocate something homegrown, autonomous, what I call consociational democracy, where we build our institutional democracy around our institutions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am a very strong person for finding a role for traditional rulers. King Charles is the constitutional monarch of the United Kingdom, and he has a role to play. He\u2019s going to Canada. He\u2019s playing a role in the trade process. He\u2019s got a good deal with Trump.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I think our constitutional process should include the traditional rulers. I will recommend the Belgium model, where the Walloons and the Flemings are different people, but they\u2019ve come to an arrangement whereby there is inclusion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever process we want to adopt, the first point would be to discard the Western democratic liberal model, it is not working. It\u2019s something that enables only a few to extract. If return on capital exceeds return on development, why would anybody want to develop Nigeria?<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the two broad points I think we need to take into account in reimagining a new Nigerian experiment. Otherwise, I started at 29 like I keep saying this. Now I\u2019m 72. If something hasn\u2019t worked for all this time, is it not time we think through a process?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, has suggested a new model of government for Nigeria. This is even as Agbakoba claimed that the Western democratic liberal model has failed in Nigeria. He made this known on Friday while fielding questions on Arise Television\u2019s Morning Show programme. 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