Attahiru Jega, former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said politicians were the greatest threat to Nigeria’s democracy.
According to him, the biggest threat is the recklessness of politicians to undermine Nigeria’s democracy, thereby destabilising the process of development.
He said “Nigeria like all countries face threats to its democracy, we must identify the threats that have the tendency to derail the development of our democracy and address them.
“We must also checkmate the threats of politicians to undermine our democracy because all we need now is adding value to the process/
“We also need to mobilise our people in towns and villages to be part of the electoral process and ensure that we do not engage in authoritarian reversal which would take us several years to get back on track.
“The signals are there, the fragility of the system is evident, we are a country with enormous systemic security challenges.”
The former INEC boss, therefore, advised that Nigerians should have quality representatives that would provide good governance and protect the interest of the people.
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