CHRICED raises alarm over democratic decline

Critical assessments of Nigeria’s democratic trajectory at 65 have continued, with the Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) warning of a deepening decline and insisting that the moment is no cause for celebration. Delivering a state of the nation address in Abuja on Thursday, CHRICED Executive Director, Comrade Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, said […]

Critical assessments of Nigeria’s democratic trajectory at 65 have continued, with the Resource Centre for Human Rights & Civic Education (CHRICED) warning of a deepening decline and insisting that the moment is no cause for celebration.

Delivering a state of the nation address in Abuja on Thursday, CHRICED Executive Director, Comrade Ibrahim M. Zikirullahi, said the country is “haemorrhaging politically, economically, and socially.”

“Ministers and governors have turned to campaigners, ignoring the crises ravaging the land. INEC, constitutionally mandated to enforce electoral laws, has chosen silence. That silence is complicity,” he added.

Calling for urgent reforms, he demanded an end to premature campaigning, full implementation of electoral laws, protection of civic space, and transparent investigations of corruption allegations “without fear or favour”.

The CHRICED leader also renewed calls for Abuja to be recognised as Nigeria’s 37th state to restore dignity and political representation to its indigenous people.