It's proven beyound doubt that civilians are better in the art of civility and management. The major reason for democracy crisis in Nigeria is military intervention in domestic politics. The mistake of destiny has proved that the time has come to break that tradition.
Authoritarianism does not produce a 'prosperous and awakened' democratic society, rather division, discrimination, corruption, violent repression of civil liberties, poor resource management, stagnation, domination, confusion, control, conflict and political instability. We are currently experiencing it.
According to Tim Montgomerie, Co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice, UK; "a President who comes from a civilian background is less likely to succumb to the danger of excessive militarism of seeing every problem as a nail because the tool you have used during all your life is hammer. While only generals should micromange their battle fields operations, civilians tend to be better judges of how to manage budgets and to use the diplomatic and economic instruments of statecraft".
In his words; "Skills like diplomacy are not easily grasped and the military are not equipped to practice the art of compromise that is essential to democracy". This is evident in today's Nigeria.
The time has come for us to face some home truths about our fragile democracy. Ordinary people need to be well-informed. According to Michael Gove, Ex- UK Justice Secretary; "If we do not learn from history, then we will inevitably be condemned by it".
We must learn to join the new global awareness and say no to the status-quo. No to dictators who are ''backward looking'', intolerent, intimidating, bullying, and cause their own citizens to live in fear.
Uche Okeke is a Social Entrepreneur, the Founder of The LEAD Project Foundation and the Author of : Nigeria's Democracy And Its Crisis Deliberate, Avoidable. What Can Be Done About It.
Read More: The Next Level- 'Democracy to Dictatorship'. Click on this link to read: http://www.theleadprojectfoundation.com/2018/08/the-next-level-in-nigeria-democracy-to.html
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