Lessons from the emergence of leaders for the 8th National Assembly...

As the results for the leaders of the 8th National Assembly were being announced, what comes to mind is that ‘democracy   has finally come to stay in Nigeria’.
Imagine in Nigeria where members with minority status were elected   Deputy Senate president and the Senate leader? There is no gainsaying the fact that democracy is fast taking its rightful   place in our politics.  The same 2015 that doomsday prophets predicted that Nigeria was going to disintegrate is the year we showed the world that an incumbent president   could be defeated. We also went ahead to tell the world that it is possible in Nigeria to have a smooth transition of power at the federal level from one political party to another. In view of this, Nigeria is not only the   largest economy in Africa, but has   also become one of the most  stable democracies in the region.  The immediate past administration allowed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to be truly independent, hence INEC conducted an election that reflected the collective wishes of the masses as   the former administration was peacefully removed. We want this current administration to consolidate on that by ensuring that political power belongs to the people. This can only be possible when institutions that are created to be independent are allowed to be independent. Read more on vanguard.