A Social commentator, Oscar Onwudiwe, on Saturday opined that corruption is what binds Nigeria together, and without it, the country would disintegrate.
He made the controversial statement while speaking on ‘15 Years of Interrupted Democracy’In Nigeria, on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise.
Onwudiwe said that Nigerians should be grateful as the country was evolving through democracy, noting that some individuals, including former President Olusegun Obasanjo, should be thanked for the transition to democratic rule.
“Things have changed whether we want to accept it or not,” he said.
On holding government accountable, Onwudiwe blamed Nigerians for not rising up to demand change and ensuring that leaders do what they were elected to do.
He also argued that the value system obtainable in the country was encouraging corruption.
According to the S.A to the Borno State Governor on media; Isa Gusau, democracy has been great in the country even though there has been challenges, in which the nation would rise out of.
Speaking on the forthcoming 2015 elections, Gusau said the government would be bowing to the pressure from the Boko Haram sect if it refused to hold elections in crisis prone-areas as one of the missions of the terrorist group is to suspend liberal rule. The government, he said, must ensure that elections are conducted in all parts of the country, if for nothing else than to prove to the terrorists that they cannot succeed.
On crisis in Borno State, Gusau said there is a mass movement against the terrorist group in Maiduguri and that there was no resident member of the sect in the State capital.
Making his contribution to the discussion, political analyst, Babatunde Gbadamosi, spoke about the National Conference, noting that there is need for the government to re-negotiate the basis of the nation’s existence.
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