Adebayo, Peter2021-05-062021-05-062009Ojo, E.O. & Adebayo, P.F. (2009), ‘Can Nigeria’s Nascent Democracy Survive?’ in the Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa,(JSDA) XI,(1) 1-27, An Official Journal of Clarion University of Pennsylavania. Available online at http://www.jsd-africa1520-5509https://uilspace.unilorin.edu.ng/handle/20.500.12484/4980Can Nigeria’s Nascent Democracy SurviveBy May 2009, Nigeria's nascent democracy should have been a decade. Thus, the thrust of this paper is an in-depth analysis of the possibility of sustaining democratic values beyond any sudden reversal. The paper, however, takes a cursory look at the daunting challenges, ahead and infers that unless the government increases social expenditure and truncate the current brazen corruption, the hope of democratic consolidation may eventually be a mirage.enDemocracyNascentcorruptionstate law and orderArticle