Similarly, the idea of «democracy» was modeled after European and American democracies of the time and completely disregarded
the growing democracies in Latin and South America.
Mr Mahama mentioned
the growing democracy as one of the reasons for the promise of prosperity on the continent, adding: «Africa has changed, and she will continue to keep changing.»
The successes recorded so far, demonstrate the unwavering commitment of Nigerians to sustain and
grow our democracy.
«We are also not unmindful of the fact that we can not have a perfect document yet; as ours is stil
a growing democracy but hopefully, we will continue to learn from our mistakes, and cover necessary gaps.