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NIAS Area Studies
AFRICA MONITOR
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IN BRIEF
Ayan Datta
Nigeria: 25 years of democracy
On 12 June, according to BBC, Nigeria celebrated 25 years of democratic rule. A 2022 survey by the research organisation Afrobarometer found that 75 per cent of Nigerians were “not very” or “not at all” satisfied with democracy. However, the survey concluded that a majority of those surveyed preferred democracy to any other system of government. Nigeria was under military government from the 1960s and democratised in 1999. (“Nigeria democracy day: Despite anger the country sticks with civilian rule,” BBC, 12 June 2024)