Nigeria needs a truly representative and accountable democracy

There are two models of democracy. One is a direct democracy; the other is a representative democracy. In the former, citizens elect people as “delegates” to the legislature to formulate laws and policies but retain the powers to decide directly themselves what laws and policies they want. One notable example of a direct democracy is Switzerland, where all major laws and policies must be approved by the people directly in a referendum. By contrast, in a representative democracy, the citizens elect people to represent them and govern on their