Social Media ; The True Democratic Space.

When I was in Secondary school, I will never forget the definition of Democracy taught by Sir Casmir Ani. He said "Democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people" as defined by Abraham Lincoln. As I grow, I realized that definition missed a word that should be fixed there in order to be more realistic. The realistic democracy is a government of influencial people by the influencial people and for influencial people. The three arms of government live for influencers. In fact, democracy that suppose to be a weapon against corrupt officials is now a tool against the people.

I lost hope and faith in democracy because that was an avenue for poor masses to exercise their rights as citizens. Most corrupt officials and corrupt wealthy men pay little or no attention to injustices, corruptions and negligence to serve the country and people . Everyday is a new story of oppression, maltreatment, poverty, injustice, flood, theft, and so on. I rarely see an official or top influencers loose case to an average or less influencial person even when is clearly seen that he is at fault.....

Hello! I want to sing to your ears now that the system of justice is back. There is no democratic space by the government for people like us but there is one on social media platforms. Yes I have seen justice served many times on social media. I have seen families uplifted from poverty to wealth by a mere citizen, I have seen scholarships given by ordinary wealthy people, I have seen a case won against high personalities through social media. I have seen an online petition written and served online in one voice that was granted.

Social media is a powerful democratic space. Many who go free of their wicked act are so scared to be revealed through social media platforms. There is a story that is across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube etc about a lecturer and his family members who joined hands to beat up one person who happen to be an orphan, striped her naked, took her to a bush, took video of her in her nakedness before his family members all because the orphan fought with his daughter who secretly took the orphan's boyfriend's number to flirt with him. When the video of the orphan was released, it went viral online... dehumanizing a girl who is old enough to be the lecturer's daughter, stripping her naked , a girl of 20 years is so inhumane. When the online judges/masses joined their voices in one accord, the lecturer and his family members got arrested in space of two days....that is democracy. That influencial lecturer saw that that little girl doesn't have a say, he felt he could take laws into his hands to the extent of stripping her naked. The story and outcome may not be the same if he wasn't exposed online. The lecturer might have bought his way out of that inhumane crime.

Social Media is a true space for democracy. Social media has given billions of people jobs/ opportunities/ skills a country/ government rarely provide.

Take a look at how floods are killing people, destroying their properties and physical investments. Some areas are neglected even when it is federal responsibilities....some of these flood victims have been helped through social media. Government don't have any option but to visit and settle some of these people and rebuild their areas because their negligence have been exposed through social media. in order to prevent damage to their personalities for their future ambition, they intervene with immediate effect.

Social media is my weapon against undemocratic government and actions. Never you joke with that because it is a powerful tool. So, democracy still exist but mainly on social Media.

I am Joy. I'm new here, and this is my first article I hope I'm welcomed. I'm equally glad to part of you.

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