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Olusegun Adeniyi Quotes

born 1965 Nigeria

Olusegun Adeniyi (born 6 November 1965) is a Nigerian journalist, current chair of the editorial board of ThisDay newspapers and a former presidential spokesman for the late President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua.

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"A nation cannot make progress when merit is consistently sacrificed on the altar of patronage."

"The greatest challenge facing Nigeria today is not the absence of ideas but the failure of institutions."

"History is often kinder to leaders who build institutions than to those who merely win elections."

"Democracy is sustained not by elections alone but by citizens who refuse to surrender their voices."

"Journalism must hold power accountable without becoming an extension of political interests."

"Leadership is not about making promises; it is about taking responsibility for difficult decisions."

More worrying is that in Nigeria today, neither those who cast the ballots nor those who count them decide the outcome of a democratic process. The decision as to who represents the people is now with Judges.

If this democracy is to survive, it is imperative that the judiciary as an institution and judges as individuals are not only impartial to those who appear before them but also that the wider public have the confidence that cases affecting their well-being will be decided fairly and in accordance with the law.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Olusegun Adeniyi (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.