....Change is ubiquitous in any society, particularly in that which strives to fulfil human needs. And it takes a committed leadership to accomplish a propitious change in a society. Nigeria's short life has been packed with successions of social changes. There has been the shift from regions to states, from farms to cities, from agriculture to industries, and now power shift from the north to the south. These changes have not been for the benefit of the common man. Only those in the corridor of power have gained from those with multiplicity of riches, while the ordinary citizens have remained in wallowing penury. In other words, the masses have been preoccupied with the struggle for daily survival. Since independence in 1960, the nation has mostly been under the claws of the military. The dominance, predominance, and prolongation of military rule in Nigeria combined with corruption to undermine due process, the rule of law, transparency, accountability, and efficiency in government. But the people have rightly rejected the military, with the election of a civilian president who assumed leadership of the nation on May 29, 1999.

The military failed because it was repressive, corrupt, and undemocratic. The euphoria in the nation now is crucial to the understanding that the present democratic undertaking will succeed. Democracy will increase the role of the ordinary people in the system, and the irrepressible struggle of the people to humanize the society. Political democracy should remain our goal, because with it as the explicit goal Nigeria would attain her goals.

President Elect General Buhari should employ the democratic principles to improve the living conditions of the deprived group, and re-integrate into the society those who have been excluded from the economic and political system by the many years of military rule. The poor who have carried the baggage for so long deserve a break.

akubudejud:
The military failed because it was repressive, corrupt, and undemocratic. The euphoria in the nation now is crucial to the understanding that the present democratic undertaking will succeed. Democracy will increase the role of the ordinary people in the system, and the irrepressible struggle of the people to humanize the society. Political democracy should remain our goal, because with it as the explicit goal Nigeria would attain her goals.

The military failed because it was corrupt. Lky and park chun Hee were repressive and undemocratic and Singapore and south Korea are doing wonders