The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said there was nothing worth celebrating as Nigeria marked Democracy Day on Sunday.
He cited increasing insecurity, bad economy and undemocratic tendencies among leaders.
Osodeke said the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has failed to provide Nigerians with the benefits of democracy.
He lamented that cost of living has hit the roof, with the poor becoming poorer and infrastructure rapidly collapsing.
“With a minimum wage of 30,000, which is less than a bag of rice, Nigerian workers are languishing in abject poverty,” he said, noting that people’s standard of living was even better during military regimes. He added that the education sector was also better funded under the military.
Osodeke, therefore, appealed “to Nigerians to vote out people who think they can buy votes with money, and vote for people with clear-cut plans to move the country forward.”