... number of important components of successful democracy namely the fourth Republic which includes a diverse and vigorous media, an educated and often critical elite, outspoken human rights organizations, a growing middle class and a respected legal profession and judiciary. Hence Nigeria has sought to establish the rules and procedures of an effective democratic regime, although political instability, ethnic disunity and bureaucratic ... those who gain office by means of elections. Thus when the narrow suffrage of a competitive oligarchy has been extended to the middle class and minority ...

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