Monday, June 16, 2025
  • REPORT A STORY
  • PRIVACY
  • CONTACT US
WITHIN NIGERIA - NEWS PICKS
  • HOME
  • FEATURES
  • NEWS PICKS
    • BREAKING
    • National
    • Local News
    • Politics
    • Diaspora
    • Business
    • Education
    • Sports
    • World News
      • Africa
      • U.S
      • Asia
      • Europe
    • XTRA
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • MORE
    • GIST
    • ARTICLES
    • VIDEOS
No Result
View All Result
WITHIN NIGERIA - NEWS PICKS
No Result
View All Result
  • HOME
  • FEATURES
  • NEWS PICKS
  • ENTERTAINMENT
  • MORE

Subversion of Democracy by Presidents Driving Coups in West Africa – Prof. Jibrin

Professor Jibrin Warns of Democracy Erosion in West Africa, Advocates for New Fund to Strengthen Democratic Governance

paulcraft by paulcraft
October 8, 2024
in National
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0 0
A A
0
coup
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Professor Ibrahim Jibrin highlighted that the subversion of democracy by West African leaders contributes significantly to the region’s military coups
  • The $20 million West Africa Democracy Fund aims to bolster democracy and address governance challenges, launched in Abuja by prominent organizations

Ibrahim Jibrin, a political science professor and former member of the electoral reform committee under the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, has highlighted that the subversion of democracy by West African presidents is a significant cause of military coups in the region.

Speaking at an event in Abuja on Monday during the launch of the $20 million West Africa Democracy Fund, Prof. Jibrin noted that democratic leaders manipulating the system to extend their rule has undermined stability.

The fund, launched by the Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Luminate, and Open Society Foundation, aims to bolster democracy across West African states over the next three years.

Prof. Jibrin, a former Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), pointed out that West Africa has experienced multiple coups between 2020 and 2024, including in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger. Outside the region, Chad and Sudan also saw military takeovers in 2021.

READ ALSO

THE PILL GAP: Where are Nigeria’s reproductive health policies?

NO DOCTORS LEFT: What Nigeria’s brain drain means for its hospitals

Bleeding Benue: One carnage too many

Nigeria’s democracy and Attahiru Jega’s testament

Prof Jibrin said, “ECOWAS has been playing a key role as a driving force in West African democracy. However, the biggest challenge is always when presidents come into power democratically and start subverting the system so they will stay in power for a long time.

“That has been the biggest contradiction ECOWAS has always faced. ECOWAS is committed to supporting the democratic process. Still, at the same time, the authorities of the states are the major culprits in subverting the democratic process that led to the return of coups as well as undermining ECOWAS as a regional body.”

Jibrin also mentioned that poor governance and high youth unemployment have negatively impacted democracy, with jobless youths often used to disrupt elections and political processes.

POPULAR TODAY

    • All
    • National
    • Local News
    • Politics
    • World News
    • Sports
    • XTRA

    Tracking the Israel–Iran War: A detailed day-by-day timeline of key events and escalating players

    June 14, 2025

    Bleeding Benue: One carnage too many

    June 15, 2025

    Caught in the crossfire: Global Celebrities trapped in the Iran–Israel War

    June 15, 2025

    NO DOCTORS LEFT: What Nigeria’s brain drain means for its hospitals

    June 16, 2025

    Discussion about this post

    ADVERTISEMENT

    LATEST

    THE PILL GAP: Where are Nigeria’s reproductive health policies?

    June 16, 2025

    NO DOCTORS LEFT: What Nigeria’s brain drain means for its hospitals

    June 16, 2025

    Caught in the crossfire: Global Celebrities trapped in the Iran–Israel War

    June 15, 2025

    Bleeding Benue: One carnage too many

    June 15, 2025

    Nigeria’s democracy and Attahiru Jega’s testament

    June 14, 2025

    What Students now pay: A breakdown of Nigerian Federal and State universities’ tuition hikes as of 2025

    June 14, 2025
    Load More
    NEWS PICKS — WITHIN NIGERIA

    WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD.

    NEWS, MULTI MEDIA

    WITHIN NIGERIA is an online news media that focuses on authoritative reports, investigations and major headlines that springs from National issues, Politics, Metro, Entertainment; and Articles.

    Follow us on social media:

    CORPORATE LINKS

    • About
    • Contacts
    • Report a story
    • Advertisement
    • Content Policy
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms
     
    • Fact-Checking Policy
    • Ethics Policy
    • Corrections Policy
    • REPORT A STORY
    • PRIVACY
    • CONTACT US

    © 2022 WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD. designed by WebAndName

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below

    Forgotten Password?

    Retrieve your password

    Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

    Log In
    No Result
    View All Result
    • HOME
    • FEATURES
    • NEWS PICKS
      • BREAKING
      • National
      • Local News
      • Politics
      • Diaspora
      • Business
      • Education
      • Sports
      • World News
        • Africa
        • U.S
        • Asia
        • Europe
      • XTRA
    • ENTERTAINMENT
    • MORE
      • GIST
      • ARTICLES
      • VIDEOS

    © 2022 WITHIN NIGERIA MEDIA LTD. designed by WebAndName