By Ayodele Seun

Aristotle argued against democracy as the government of the majority ruling in their own interest. In reality that is what democracy depicts in developing country/third world country.
Democracy has been conceptualized in different country of the world, in order to suit their social setting and proffer solution to social problems. Country of the world has modern the pattern and system of governance that is best for their contemporary society.
Nigeria democracy has been characterized by the hegemony of the major tribes at federal, state and local government level. Nigeria democracy is government by number whereby smaller tribes are not been treated fairly in power sharing and fair representation. Minority is a concept of disadvantageous and been use as a scape goat in politics.
Since the creation of kogi state only one major tribe from kogi east has been producing the state governor which is unfair on the kogi central and west and also in Benue state one major tribe has occupied state governor position. If there is power sharing at the central government where positions is been zone to different geo-political zone, which is the true spirit of federalism. Power sharing should also be adopted at the state level whereby governorship position should be rotate among the three senatorial districts of the state. If there is equal representative in legislative arms, why can’t also be equal representative in executive arm? Federal character should be adopted at state level and spirit of oneness can be built on fairness and justice.
This injustice is characterized in many state in Nigeria (Kogi, Benue, Nasarrawa,Taraba and Kaduna etc.) where a section or one major tribe will hold on to power for long and established is hegemony on the other tribes. State of Assembly that has enacted law for the position of governor and deputy governor to be pensionable should also enact law to make power rotation constitutional in their various states among the senatorial districts.
Our democracy should be built within the concept of federal character to stop this marginalization of the minority tribes.

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