{"id":166746,"date":"2025-06-12T22:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T21:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigeria-still-lacks-true-democracy-says-fayemi"},"modified":"2025-06-13T00:16:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:16:18","slug":"nigeria-still-lacks-true-democracy-says-fayemi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigeria-still-lacks-true-democracy-says-fayemi","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria Still Lacks True Democracy Says Fayemi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has said Nigeria successfully got civilian rule in 1999 but has yet to get real democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Fayemi made this statement as the country celebrates Democracy Day on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, while Nigeria got the right to reestablish the citizens\u2019 right to vote for their leaders, efforts must now be made to achieve full democracy.<\/p>\n<p>The ex-Ekiti governor stated this during a Channels Television special June 12 event tagged \u2018Nigeria\u2019s Democratic Journey: An Inter-Generational Conversation On Building A Better Nation\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we mustn\u2019t do is to conflate elections with democracy. What we got was to reestablish the right to vote for our leaders into office in 1999, what we are yet to get is real democracy in my view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got civilian rule, we are proudly on the journey \u2014 we now have a semi-democracy, but now we don\u2019t have full democracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe effort that the previous president and now President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has put into it, we all must build on that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A former governor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi, has said Nigeria successfully got civilian rule in 1999 but has yet to get real democracy. Fayemi made this statement as the country celebrates Democracy Day on Thursday. 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