Don wants electorate confidence restored

TRACKING___A Professor of Political Science and Strategic Studies at the National Defence College, Abuja, Gani Yoroms, has said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari could rebuild the confidence of the electorate and the population in Nigeria’s democratic process.

Yoroms noted that though the 2019 general elections may have marked the beginning of the weakening stage of democratisation in Nigeria, civil society organisations should make an effort to stem the tide. He stated these in his paper titled: ‘The 2019 Elections and Democratic Backslides in Nigeria’ delivered at a webinar organised by the Department of Political Science and International Relations, the University of Abuja in collaboration with Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung West Africa.

The webinar had as its theme: “Democracy backsliding in Africa: the 2019 elections in Nigeria.”

“The summary of our interrogation is that the 2019 election may express the beginning of the backsliding stage of democratisation in Nigeria. However, the present administration still has a chance to rebuild the confidence of the electorates and the populations in the democratic process.

“But in all indications, it is impossible for the regime in power to do this. The onus is left for the civil societies to strive to build democracy from its backsliding.”