I would say it is expensive due to the time(Nigeria as a typology) and money it costs. Going by the lies, anarchy, shortchanging and all the impropriety going on in Nigeria where an unfit leader wouldn't relinquish power to the fit, I think an alternative would have been better. How can we be paying all the parliamentarians all that amount they made us to understand they receive as stipends and allowances while they do practically nothing besides power tussle? Can't there be a system less sluggish and cheaper?

I heard Sharia, Dictatorship et al are all cheaper. Perhaps you will like us to embrace that?

deluxecad:

I would say it is expensive due to the time(Nigeria as a typology) and money it costs. Going by the lies, anarchy, shortchanging and all the impropriety going on in Nigeria where an unfit leader wouldn't relinquish power to the fit, I think an alternative would have been better. How can we be paying all the parliamentarians all that amount they made us to understand they receive as stipends and allowances while they do practically nothing besides power tussle? Can't there be a system less sluggish and cheaper?

Where did you get this?

ElRazur:

I heard[b] Sharia[/b], Dictatorship et al are all cheaper. Perhaps you will like us to embrace that?

Sharia is a legal system not a political system

Democray is not expensive unless you want to make the principal actors rich. In the case of Nigeria, the fastest root to become rich is kidnapping, then followed by holding a political position. And if it is Nigeria, whatever the political system we have, we aint gonna see much of the money.

It is cheapest to split the country.

Tsiya:

Sharia is a legal system not a political system

Democray is not expensive unless you want to make the principal actors rich. In the case of Nigeria, the fastest root to become rich is kidnapping, then followed by holding a political position. And if it is Nigeria, whatever the political system we have, we aint gonna see much of the money.

You missed the joke. Having said that, tell it to nation who have it adopted and incorporated into their system of government.

Cost is not the problem, the annoying thing about Nigeria's case is that people get soo much pay doing nothing. Some do not even know why and and what do deliver to the people.

Every good thing comes with a cost, that is the same all over the world.

Remii:

Cost is not the problem, the annoying thing about Nigeria's case is that people get soo much pay doing nothing. Some do not even know why and and what do deliver to the people.

Every good thing comes with a cost, that is the same all over the world.

But have we really recorded a cost for democracy? Or are we adding unrelated costs to this?

go and read the uwais report and you will find your ans. full stop.

@Kobojunkie: I've been so traumatized by all I've seen, read and heard, that's why I wrote. That's where I got it. What has democracy not cost us in just the few years we've run it?

To me democracy is just another scam, maybe in Nigeria.

deluxecad:

To me democracy is just another scam, maybe in Nigeria.

How can a system that allows the people the right to choose be a scam? Have we even TRIED It for you to declare it a scam? Does what we have right now remotely resemble the definition of democracy you know?

Democracy on its own is not really expensive, it's Nigeria's democracy that's expensive. I heard we pay Govt officials the highest in the world, dunno how true it is but you can figure,

Knight1:

Democracy on its own is not really expensive, it's Nigeria's democracy that's expensive. I heard we pay Govt officials the highest in the world, dunno how true it is but you can figure,

Infact almost 40% of national yearly expenditure goes to political office holders in Naija from FG, 36 SGs to 774 LGAs, yet they are not accountable to the people.

People just seems to start a thread for the fun of starting a thread

^^^^^That is the beauty of NL freedom. Just like Awolowo once said, "you may not have your way but should have your say", lol.

Knight1:

Democracy on its own is not really expensive, it's Nigeria's democracy that's expensive. I heard we pay Govt officials the highest in the world, dunno how true it is but you can figure,

What Nigeria has is NOT DEMOCRACY. What we have is an INHUMANE TWIST on it that favours godfathers, millitants, thieves and corrupt individuals. I mean would the likes of IBB have a say in a true democracy? He would be in jail by now. Would someone like Yar adua had made it near the gates of ASO rock? He would have been in and out of courts for his 8 years in Katsina. Would someone like Obj walk free among us? He would be in hidding, hoping he is never caught. So How can anyone claim what we have in Nigeria is democracy? Are the people even willing to step up to the plate? We are still satisfied with cowering in the corner when called to act, and cooking up ginomous excuses for why we are not to be held responsible for the state of affairs. It is unbelievable!!

What's so difficult for a govt to stand for the people and by the people?

mama-gee:

What's so difficult for a govt to stand for the people and by the people?

Well, for one, are the people themselves standing for the people and by the people? The first thing you are taught in school of democracy is that it is only as strong as the people make it, right?

I think democracy in Nigeria is more of make-believe than what the authors intended it to be. By the people? How? What do the house of reps members do with their constituency allocations? It's a scam anyhow u see it.