AS if it were yesterday Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was sworn in as elected president two years ago. That too is within the context of the promise of democracy 14 years ago. Really, there is something to celebrate: Fourteen uninterrupted years of democracy. The legend, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, would have cried foul and shouted, “demonstration of craze for money.”Yes, more money for the Abuja people! Fela would have waxed a classic entitled, demon crazy! Is there any sense in which we can say democracy that the ruling PDP promised us 14 years ago has been a boon or bane? The Abuja people are likely to gather at the expansive Eagle Square today to celebrate democracy.
But there will be two giant electricity generators at the sprawling Eagle Square as a mark of achievement that the ruling party has not been able to advance beyond 4,000 megawatts in 14 years despite billions of dollars earmarked for electricity. We begin today a series of appraisal articles on 14 years of democracy and two years of GEJ’s administration. We are talking of our president whose men have started political legwork for 2015 without fear of the people who are asking for critical infrastructure for our country 14 years after.
Shall we really celebrate democracy with the big houses, big cars, SUVs and trucks without big dreams, without big ideas? Some will say yes, some will shout an emphatic no! What are your own thoughts about 14 years of democracy? We begin today with the way the man called Baba in Abuja, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, promised us dividends of democracy 14 years ago! We also feature some articles from some of our elders, including the big man who set agenda for what the GEJ’s men call “transformation agenda” two years ago.
Do you have a copy of the transformation agenda blueprint? Please, if you do, send us a copy to be printed this week. We will continue this week to publish thoughts of the people on 14 years of democracy and two years of GEJ in power
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