Open Society Initiative for West Africa (OSIWA), has decried the level at which democracy in West Africa is declining.
Mathias Hounkpe, political governance programme manager at OSIWA stated this while speaking on Thursday at a ‘Stakeholder Engagement on 20 Years of Implementation of the ECOWAS Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance’ organised by Goodluck Jonathan Foundation (GJF).
According to him: “When you compare liberal democracy in Africa, you will see that West African countries are doing better compare to other economic communities in the region,”
“When you also compare democracy in West Africa to other continents in the World, you will see that we are doing well.
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“You can also notice that from 1990 to 2010, you see the progress of democracy in West Africa, but since 2017, we started seeing a decline.
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“Democracy is declining everywhere but in West Africa the decline is deeper compare to other regions of the world.”
He added: “We need to do everything that we can to make sure that citizens contribute to decisions that have to do with public policies, and so on,”
“We need to make sure that our governments are account to citizens.”
