Director General, Michael Imoudu National Insitute for Labour Studies (MINILS), Comrade Isa Aremu, has asked civil society organisations to lend their voices in advocating that the military junta in Niger should relinquish power and allow democratic governance to thrive.
He said: “Military regime has under developed West Africa and had never proven to be better alternative to democracy in instances where such had played out.
“Regardless of the imperfections of democracy, military regime is not an alternative to democracy,” he said.
Aremu spoke at the Biennial convention of the Committee for the Defence of Human Right (CDHR), Kwara state chapter, held in Ilorin, weekend.
The former labour leader challenged those justifying the military takeover in Niger to make their reasons “an instrument for campaigns” to enthrone a better democratic governance rather than supporting a military regime.
He urged the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to explore all avenues for dialogue and ensure that the junta relinquishes power and return back to the barracks.