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biafraWarrior:
Then that would lead to “Direct Democracy”

Please, can you throw more light on the “Direct Democracy”??
How exactly is the direct participation of the citizens achieved?

Monogamy:
Let me tell you what some of you people don't know.

There are different government agencies on NL... They have been making use of some suggestions/solutions presented by ordinary NL...

Example

Lowering of Nigeria flags when Attahiru died in the plane crash...

Southern states banning open grazing with state assembly passing the law and the the back up from court of law..

So many like that... Atiku as the main opposition leader, what has he said about the troubling herdsmen?

Well..

I want to know if there are established modes of operation for the opposition parties.
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As for the uses of NL, I never doubted.

yanabasee1:
This is more or less a project topic and you want to gathe our ideas to write it as it's your original idea...

What exactly are you trying to say??
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So, if I gather up to 300 ideas from different individuals and combine them to make my own unique idea, and then give the credit to this very thread here, is there anything wrong with it??
Like, what exactly is your real wahalla??

yanabasee1:
You've been asking project questions or an assignment questions given to you....


You should state it out clearly...

Is it something very very wrong for me to ask project questions or assignment questions here on Nairaland??



Or you want me to elongate my write-ups further by writing things like:
“I was given a project topic/assignment in my school, but I don't want to base my research on the findings on Google, so I decided to come over to Nairaland. The project topic/assignment goes like this”??
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Isn't it better that I went directly to the questions straight-away??.
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If I stated clearly that I was asking the questions for the purpose of writing my project/assignment, what would you have differently?? (other than reminding me of Google)

FarahAideed:
We don't relax for Zombies

Chhaaiii.!!

Kaiser20:
Buhari's health challenges made provisions for at least 5 Presidents in the presidency and they all have immunities as Buhari.

I No wan laugh shaa..
But this is really funny somehow.

bhella10:
Which court? You mean the court with Malami as the AGF?

Wahalla Dey Shaaa

FarahAideed:
You Buharist are just too intellectually impaired....so after what the OP wrote about " president" and " Presidency" ..The first question you manage to ask is : Sue Him For What?

Relax..
I have replied him though.
At least, he now knows better

ThatFairGuy:
Are you just knowing

Many people thought that the Presidency is the President..
And that Immunity covers the whole of “The Presidency”.
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I am not part of those people though..

Monogamy:
SERAP is another opposition in disguise in Nigeria...Just like the amnesty International

So far, SERAP had been the most vibrant opposition in this current Government.
Not even PDP sef

Mynd44:
The presidency simply is the office of the president. The entire paraphernalia of the presidency which is basically the FG.

So yeah, technically, you can sue but the people you sue will the the Federal Government of Nigeria.

Yeaah.
The person you cannot sue is the President and Vice President.
But you can sue any of their aides, or members of their families.
You can also sue the SGF and his aides while they are still serving.

These two categories of people are all part of the “Presidency”.

Monogamy:
Sue him on what allegations?

SERAP had been sueing the FG on a lot of issues, and they had been winning some of them.
But you know, the FG doesn't obey court orders, which itself can also be sued too

BadEnglish:
In NIGERIA, What's the difference between President and presidency

Ask them shaa..
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But in reality, there are lots and lots of differences.
Very glaring differences

Monogamy:
Sue him on what allegations?

When the president misuses funds or misappropriates funds, he is supposed to be sued, but you cannot sue him while he is still the president.
If a president misuses power, or takes a decision, or makes a policy that goes against the Constitution, he is supposed to be sued, but you cannot sue him while he is still the president.

If you like, argue this from here to Jupiter, it doesn't change the hard facts

The immunity clause in the Constitution covers only the President and Vice President, And Not “The Presidency”, neither did the clause extend to the entire “Office of the President”, nor to the entire “Federal Executive Council” or entire “Federal Government”.
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Same thing goes with the Governor and Deputy Governor.
The immunity clause did not cover the entire “Office of the Governor”, nor does it cover the entire “State Executive Council” or the entire “State Government”

Monogamy:
There main jobs are to criticize constructively when the main party is not doing the right thing..

Proffer solutions to the problems facing the country..

The oppositions we have in Nigeria are merely wailers , wailing cos they are not in power not that they care about the country,just like the main party

Maybe, sueing them to court can make them not to see criticisms as Wailing, as they would be answering for their rascalities in the court, rather than issuing press statements
My thoughts though..

Monogamy:
There main jobs are to criticize constructively when the main party is not doing the right thing..

Proffer solutions to the problems facing the country..

The oppositions we have in Nigeria are merely wailers , wailing cos they are not in power not that they care about the country,just like the main party

In Nigeria, criticisms are referred to as Wailing.
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And anyone that tries to profer a solution is either overlooked or termed Wailer.
And if the person is in the major opposition, the narrative changes to: “You were there all these 16 years”

biafraWarrior:
What exactly is “The Democracy of our dreams”?

Where citizens feel the full participation in the Government.
Not just in the politics alone, but also in the Government itself.

biafraWarrior:
First of all what is the true meaning of “Democracy”?

Democracy is simply the rule of the people.

Now how do the people rule in Nigeria? We rule using “Representative Democracy”.

In representative democracy, you choose by voting and it is expected that the representatives carry out the will of the people.

APART FROM THAT I DON’T SEE HOW THE PEOPLE CAN DO ANYTHING IN A DEMOCRACY EXCEPT TO PRESSURE AND LOBBY

Thanks..
I understand you better now.

biafraWarrior:
Democracy is not FREEDOM

Let us assume a Perfect Democratic System now..
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The Democracy of our dreams.
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Now, tell us what you think of Democracy.

Monogamy:
Is any political party opposing Apc government even when they are doing the wrong thing?

Both the main party and opposition are the same

Let's assume a Perfect Democratic System here.
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“What exactly are the jobs of the opposition in a Perfect Democratic System?”

Tajbol4splend:
This simply means you have no clue what DEMOCRACY is

That the country has suffered from bad leadership doesn't make DEMOCRACY a SCAM

DEMOCRACY is freedom, freedom is Godliness

Finally, someone is here to give me the answers I needed.
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Please, apart from the “Periodic Elections”; are there other things that characterises Democracy?
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What exactly is it that makes Democracy Freedom? (Since citizens cannot freely participate in it, except they participate through their representatives, and these so-called representatives are also inaccessible, while they continued to represent themselves rather than be representing their constituents)

biafraWarrior:
In all honesty, the Nigeria political system is weak and majority of the Nigerian people have psychological problems. GOOD Education and GOOD LEADERS is one way to make things right

Thanks for your contributions.
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But apart from “Periodic Elections”; are there other things that characterises Democracy?

A lot of the rascalities of the ruling parties (which includes the abandonment of the laws while making policies) are partly blamed on the opposition parties for not doing their job of opposition very well.
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And I am now asking:
“What exactly are the jobs of the opposition?”
Is it to publish the rascalities of the ruling parties on the news and social media?
Or to sue the ruling parties to court?
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I mean, what exactly are they supposed to be doing?
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By extension:
“What exactly are the jobs of a non-partisan citizen who really wants to make an impact on the politcal system in a democratic system?”

I also need to know if “Periodic Elections” is the only thing that characterises Democracy.
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If there are other things, I need to know all of them..
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(The Nigerian Democracy had always been like as if the only thing that is democratic about it is the “periodic elections”, and nothing else -- I don't want to believe this though)

biafraWarrior:
“Democracy” is simply a SCAM

But “Democracy” is what we have already.
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Can we make it work?
Is there a way to make it work?

Lalasticlala,
Seun

Playing opposition is not easy..
Now, we really need to pity any non-partisan citizen who still wants to make a change in the political system.

A lot of the rascalities of the ruling parties (which includes the abandonment of the laws while making policies) are partly blamed on the opposition parties for not doing their job of opposition very well.
..
And I am now asking:
“What exactly are the jobs of the opposition?”
Is it to publish the rascalities of the ruling parties on the news and social media?
Or to sue the ruling parties to court?
..
I mean, what exactly are they supposed to be doing?
..
By extension:
“What exactly are the jobs of a non-partisan citizen who really wants to make an impact on the politcal system in a democratic system?”

Lalasticlala,
Seun

I am here to learn from the politcal gurus.