An essential point often neglected in discourses about democracy is that democratic governance is about values. In otherwords, democracy properly so-called entails that certain values are fundamental such that without them it would be virtually impossible to have a government that is truly “of the people, by the people, and for the people.” Of all the axiological pillars or presuppositions of genuine democracy, the overarching value is ontological, from which the others flow.
Now, since free and fair election at periodic intervals has become the most acceptable form of selecting those to occupy different political offices, each vote, either cast through a ballot paper or, in contemporary times electronically, is deemed to be of equal weight to every other irrespective of the personal background or status of the voter. In this connection, majority rule is one of the pillars of democracy.
It must be pointed out that the evolution of democratic governance throughout history has been extraordinarily arduous and that the quality of democracy differs both historically and geographically, meaning that various countries of the world have achieved different levels of democratic governance at different times.
The notion or concept of democratic culture encapsulates all the values and practices that nourish and sustain democracy. Naturally, the foundational values of democracy are interconnected in that they tend to foster the culture of tolerance and consensus-building. When majority of the citizens respect democratic values and conduct their lives in accordance with them, that will engender a conducive social ecology for the emergence and consolidation of democratic culture in the society.
vanguardngr What you mean Sir James Robertson, manipulated results of the 1959 federal elections to suit his northern protege, Sir Abubakar Balewa. Balewa was Chief Minister for almost a decade. Fantasy rubbish. PDP got a shellacking from MBuhari they thought corrupt atiku will win
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