The Platform Nigeria events are designed to facilitate growth in the areas of personal capacity, productivity & National Development within Nigeria.
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Remember that democracy is not a gift. It is something people struggled for.
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Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd) on citizens, security, and what this generation owes democracy.
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4/ "The generation that fought for June 12 secured democracy. The responsibility of our generation is to secure it, strengthen it and pass it on stronger than we received it, which means there is work to be done."
We got it. We received it, secured it, and strengthened it. That’s the essence of democracy in one sentence.
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5/ "Democracy is more than a political system. Democracy is a promise. A promise of opportunity, participation and hope, hope for the future."
~ Gen. Christopher Gwabin Musa (Rtd)
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Babatunde Raji Fashola CON SAN spoke on "The Necessity for Consensus" and asked the questions Nigeria keeps avoiding.
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4/ "Consensus does not disable opposition, rather it sharpens it."
Agreeing on basic principles makes meaningful debate possible. Without this agreement, disagreements turn into unproductive arguments rather than real discussions of ideas.
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5/ "We can't have a society in which certain people are unaccountable."
~ @tundefashola CON SAN
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Dr. Brian Kagoro on Nigeria's crisis, and why it goes deeper than elections, politicians, or even corruption.
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8/ And the most important thing Dr. Brain Kagoro said, the threat most people are not looking at:
"The greatest threat to democracy is not the theft of elections. It's not the corruption in the election. The greatest threat to democracy is when, intellectually, we become dependent on forms that never serve the future of the people."
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9/ "History is a weapon that you use to fight everything and everyone."
The question is whether Nigeria chooses to pick it up.
~ Dr. Brian Kagoro
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