| dc.description.abstract | Nigeria's democratic practice combines the British Parliamentary Model (practice in the first republic) and the United States Presidential System which emphasises the rule by majority. This practice in Nigeria has met with failure and inadequacies of alleged domination and marginalisation especially, by the minority groups who have declared open confrontations and violence against the state. within this context, this paper examines the importance of a rotational presidency and sustainable democracy in Nigeria. with secondary sources of data and an exploratory mode of explanation, the paper adopted a consociational approach to democracy to espouse major cleavages in Nigeria, considering the major effects of the mentality of the Winner-Takes-All politics and the reality that had let the country into the current state leaving competency and other important features behind. The finding revealed that a rotational presidency drawing from the experiences of Switzerland and Northern Ireland can help to engender sustainable democracy as it incorporates power rotation practices in their government to accommodate the majority and the minorities in their respective countries and, thus, embrace peace, unity and development among the citizens and stakeholders. It is therefore recommended that the principle of power rotation, across all elective positions from the local, state and federal constituencies to local government chairmanship, gubernatorial and presidential elections among the people, ethnic, regions and religions is important to peaceful coexistence, national integration, development and sustainable democracy in Nigeria. | en_US |
