₦airaland Forum

kikero:
Enjoy your millitary rule then.

Don't come begging me when you find out how harsh it is five years down the road.

Or you can do it the easy way.....go and join a poltical party, or form one, and work within the system for change.

We have tried millitary rule. And it was just as bad as civillian rule.

Nigerians need change, not quick change, not Buhari change...change.

Good am to you.

Democracy is better than other forms of government because it allows us to correct its own mistakes

weyreypey:
Nope. We need people who are interested in tapping into our potentials both human and natural resources to raise much needed capital and also provide a platform for people to trade with other countries and attract investment to the country.

juman:
Yes, we need leaders that can generate money by tapping into our resources.

But likewise we need immediate money to build the basic infrastructure. That is where going for loan comes in.

lereinter:
nigeria as at present needs a coup

kikero:
In 1966, we needed a coup. Four years later, we were picking through the ruins of the crisis that coup unleashed.

In 1983, we needed a coup. Up till now we are still dealing with the mess the heroic millitary rulers left us with.

And both army eras were characterised by corruption, corruption

lereinter:
1966 wasn't a coup

kikero:
If it walks like a duck...

It was a coup. A failed one, but a coup nevertheless..whose consequneces messed up the country.

kikero:
Yes, and democracy is still better than Amry rule.

There are things that Buhari and Obasanjo could not do under democracy that they could do under Army rule.

Plus, inasmuch as I absolutely don't like how our democracy has turned out, at least, I have more freedom than I did under Army rule.

Yes our democracy is not working because we think it is all about voting. It is much more than that.

joyandfaith:
Democracy is just one of many systems of government.
what about technocracy,noocracy and meritocracy.? in democracy, if idiots are the majority, idiots will be elected.
and in military regime , an idiot can seize power. in monarchy, an imbeciile can become king.
democracy is scam. it can work in society where majority are civilised, they are neither tribesmen nor idiots.

technocracy,noocracy and meritocracy should be advocated for.

Validated:
Wait till then ... if politicians do not respect the constitution and right of citizens to chose their leaders, what do you expect?

Edo elections will show if military is still relevant in nigeria political space. I am not a prophet of doom, but I foresee ... people/politicians running into exile.

kikero:
Even then, I still stand by my point.

Back in January 1966, people came and were dancing on the streets when Nzeogwu overthrew the corrupt first republic. Four years later, millions were dead, and we had just gone through a brutal civil war.

In 1983, the same thing. We got several years of millitary rule, mostly harsh.

Plus, the soldiers too turned out to be just as corrupt as the polticans.

You want the Amry to take over because you don't know how it was like. IT WAS BAD. very bad.

If you want your democracy to work, do the hard work of making it work.

weyreypey:
Says who?

eniolaamos7:
Which way specifically? Because all the civil ways to effect change in the country is either labelled hate speech or rebellion.
Which way do we go now as an elder?

EagleNest:
Surprisingly it only worked in Ghana via Jerry Rawlings.

But the fact is civilian rule should be the ultimate when it is streamlined and everything working. Unfortunately Nigerian civilian leaders are unbelievably disappointing. Nevertheless I will not subscribe to military intervention though, but civilian intervention via protest and strikes.

kikero:
Even then, I still stand by my point.

Back in January 1966, people came and were dancing on the streets when Nzeogwu overthrew the corrupt first republic. Four years later, millions were dead, and we had just gone through a brutal civil war.

In 1983, the same thing. We got several years of millitary rule, mostly harsh.

Plus, the soldiers too turned out to be just as corrupt as the polticans.

You want the Amry to take over because you don't know how it was like. IT WAS BAD. very bad.

If you want your democracy to work, do the hard work of making it work.

Valkrie:
THE ISSUE IS THAT THERE IS NO HARD WORK TO DO OR ROOM TO EVEN DO IT..

Validated:
Wait till then ... if politicians do not respect the constitution and right of citizens to chose their leaders, what do you expect?

Edo elections will show if military is still relevant in nigeria political space. I am not a prophet of doom, but I foresee ... people/politicians running into exile.

kikero:
That is because you haven't tried

orisa37:
TWO PROMINENT NIGERIANS INSINUATED COUP IN 2015. THEY'RE PROFESSOR ANGO ABDULLAHI AND GENERAL BURAITAI. AND NOW THAT BUHARI HAS STARTED BUNGLING THE MALI AFFAIRS, ANYONE CAN PUT 2+2 TOGETHER TO GET BUHARI'S OBJECTIVES FOR NIGERIA.

Christistruth00:
Ghana is regreting executing the Generals that Rawlings killed because they have long since discovered that the Politicians in Rawlings party were far more corrupt than the men he executed in 1979 Coup.

Jerry Rawlings is very careful to avoid the Children of the executed Generals (the daughter of one of the dead Generals confronted him in a Church in Chicago while he was Preaching about Family )

They are still till today demanding justice for their fathers who were executed without any trial .

It was discovered that one of the Generals who was Ghana's Chief of Army (Gen Oposu Wellington) who surrendered during the Coup but was still shot dead did not even have a Personal house of his own and lived in the Barracks while the Politicians in Rawlings party including Rawlings Wife later owned many mansions.

Jerry Rawlings has spent the last 20 years explaining to their families and supporters that he was against their execution but the Soldiers and Ghanaians wanted blood which has also proven to be not completely true Ghanaians wanted good Govt and food in their bellies.

lereinter:
1966 wasn't a coup

Yeah right.........it was a family affairs.

EagleNest:
Yes, jungle justice is unacceptable and often regrettable. Was it a civilian government that Jerry overthrown or military one?

Valkrie:
A times with some actions and policies of the ruling party..I just feel they are prepping the barracks guys for a take over...enough reasons already on ground and accepting Mali coup also speaks volume...