THE DIVIDEND OF DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA POLITICAL SYSTEM
Democracy is a system of government traced to Ancient Greece and coined from two Greek word -'demo' meaning people and 'kratos' which means to rule, these two words metamorphose to what is term to be Democracy . Nigeria is practicing a democratic system because of it unique peculiarities. Has defined by the 16th American president Abraham Lincoln as' the government of the people , by the people and for the people' . Democracy offers the qualified citizens to elect those who will represent them in any position through the medium of casting their votes. The benefits of democracy can not be overemphasized, it guarantees the fundamental Human Rights of the people. A democratic system helps to avoid any encroachment on the liberty and freedom of its citizenry. The principle of ' majority rule' which implies that the candidates with the highest number of voter should be declared the winner of any kind of elections conducted in a country. Majority rule ena