Democracy remains best option for Nigeria - Saraki

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has commended Nige­rians for working to sus­tain democracy in the past 17 years despite the various challenges the country has encountered within the period.

In a statement to mark this year’s Democracy Day, by his Special Ad­viser on Media and Publicity, Yusuf Olani­yonu, Saraki described democracy as not only the most-globally ac­cepted system of govern­ment but also the best solution to the problems confronting a multi-cul­tural, multi-lingual and multi-religious society like Nigeria.

He said in the last 17 years, the electorates have become more dis­cerning and sophisti­cated as the nation has reached the point that people elected into vari­ous offices are now con­scious of the fact that they are under constant watch and when they fail to meet the expectation of the voters, they will be given the red card.

“It is the first time in our national history that we will have 17 unbro­ken years of democrat­ically-elected govern­ments.

Last year, our people demonstrated that our democracy is fast ma­turing as they voted out a party in power and elected another party. Since then, one can no­tice how people have become more and more interested in governance and the performance of those elected and ap­pointed into public of­fices.