olitical participation is indispensable in a democracy. Rightly conceived, a democracy requires the eligible population to actively contribute towards the governance and development of their countries. Thus, in a democratic system of governance, power, as the ancient Greek politician, Pericles, said, “is in the hands not of a minority but of the whole people”. A democracy is the most inclusive system of governance; despite this, across numerous African democrati
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