Analysis - After 24 years of civilian rule, Nigerians debate how to strengthen their democracy.
To complete the process, please follow the instructions in the email we just sent you.Regardless of the outcome of the February 25 vote, Nigeria's should not try to rely simply on its tradition of Christian-Muslim ticket-balancing as a guarantee of political inclusion.
As across much of the Global South, Nigeria must build its democracy on foundations weakened by the manifestly anti-democratic legacies of its authoritarian, colonial birth. After years of military rule, Nigeria has built democratic forms, but has let governance serve elites rather than a citizenry that remains impoverished, abused by violence and excluded from power.
Chris Kwaja is USIP's interim country manager in Nigeria and a senior lecturer at the Center for Peace and Security Studies, Modibbo Adama University in Yola.
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