Rather than join in the Democracy Day celebration, the National Association of Nigerian Students, on Monday, said Nigeria’s democracy was incomplete.
The students’ group also paid tributes to the members of the National Youth Service Corps who lost their lives during elections in Nigeria.
Particularly, the organisation expressed worry over what it described as ‘the continued celebration of Nigeria’s incomplete democracy’.
It said, “NANS, therefore, use this opportunity to call on Nigerians, particularly, youths and women to think deeply about the way Nigerian democracy is being operated and resolve to engender a durable change. That is a better way to celebrate democracy as a popular system of governance.”
The President of NANS, Chinonso Obasi, in a statement obtained by our correspondent in Jos, Plateau State capital, said the ‘yearly hollow ritual’ had helped to blind Nigerians to the grave historical shortcomings that led to the present democratic system of government.
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, has commended Nigerians, particularly Lagosians, for their cooperation with the All Progressives Congress administration at the national and state levels.
Obasa said both the federal and the state governments were committed to improving the economy and enhance standard of living.
The Lagos Speaker stated this in his Democracy Day message.
He commended Nigerians for their resilience and perseverance during the economic recession, expressing happiness that the country was getting out of the recession.
He stated further that despite the economic recession, there were causes for celebration as there had been landmark achievements in the last two years.
He said, “I salute the cooperation of Nigerians, particularly Lagosians, with our government both at state and national levels, especially during the economic recession. Thank God we are getting out of the recession.
“I want to assure our people that the APC government is committed to putting in place policies that will not only improve the standard of living of members of the public, but also enhance their welfare.”
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