A professor of political science and member of the electoral reform committee initiated by late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua, Ibrahim Jibrin, has said the subversion of democracy by West African Presidents is one of the key factors response for coup in the region.
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Jibrin spoke on Monday in Abuja, during the launch of $20 million West Africa Democracy Fund by the Ford Foundation, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, Luminate, and Open Society Foundation to strengthen democracy across the West African region.
The fund is targeted at supporting West African states currently facing various democratic challenges over a period of three years.
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