Corruption is the biggest national challenge facing democratic governance in Nigeria and a number of other countries, a report has shown.
The report, titled ‘Open Society Barometer’ by a non-governmental organisation, Open Society Foundations, says “democracy remains the most popular form of government globally,” with 86 per cent of respondents in a survey wanting to live in a democratic state and nearly two-thirds (62 per cent) preferring it over any other system.
The Open Society Barometer serves as a global reality check, asking people each year about the issues affecting their lives, communities, countries and how best to address them.
In this year’s report, the Open Society Foundations surveyed 36,344 respondents across 30 countries between May 18 and July 21, 2023.
The focus of the survey is to determine people’s faith in democratic governance in the face of recent threats by coup det’at and interference by authoritarianism.
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