Death of Yar'Adua reveals the Anger of the People

According to the BBC Post "Death of Nigerian Leader exposes 'sham' Democracy" made on Monday, May 10th, Yar'Adua's death, though very tragic, actually has the potential to bring great good to Nigeria. Yar'Adua's Death has given Goodluck Jonathan a lot of power, more than he even had while Acting President, and many feel that he is likely to run for Presidency during the next election period, contrary to PDP doctrine of Switching th presidency every 8 years. This has a lot of popular approval from different areas, because the people don't feel that the region a person comes from is secondary to the ability of that person to deal with economic issues.

This Sort of change in political traditions, especially in a country like Nigeria, always has the potential to be very turbulent. However, if a true majority of the people feel that there is a better way to keep the democracy going than changing the hometown of the presidential candidates, then the legitimacy of the government will be helped.

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