Democracy Talk Under Buhari A ‘Waste Of Time’ – Balarabe Musa

A Second Republic governor of Kaduna State, Balarabe Musa, has described as “waste of time”, any assessment of democracy under the current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.

Alhaji Musa, who is the Chairman, the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), claimed that the system of government Nigerians are experiencing under President Buhari is allegedly not a democracy.

Speaking in a chat with Guardian, the politician equally said he would grade the current administration “zero” if asked to rate its performance.

Asked to assess democracy in Nigeria today, Musa said: “You see, first I don’t want to talk about democracy in Nigeria because it is a fruitless and worthless exercise. I have talked about it several times in the past. In any case, what is democratic in what is happening in Nigeria? Do we have democracy under this current regime? Really, I don’t want to waste my time, I would rather talk about the performance of government which is zero; I would always talk on the progress of the society and political parties. One thing is that we as a nation have wasted what fortune can bring to countries through democracy through poor leadership.”

Asked if he regrets that democracy in the country is allegedly failing, he said: “Yes, I regretted that we have democracy that does not exist in Nigeria and we don’t seem to know this, including the media. We have talked about how democracy can be salvaged in Nigeria, and how we can advance society but all these have fallen on deaf ears. Nothing is being done and nothing has been done. Even during the colonial history, there was nothing like democracy. Democracy first appeared when elections started and were conducted in Nigeria. Right from the first, second republics and even now elections are being regarded as do or die affair and that is why our democracy has not advanced unlike in the developed societies of the world.”