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Chidi Odinkalu @ChidiOdinkalu
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The assumption that transparency equals accountability is not entirely born out by logic or experience. Sometimes, govt transparency can be fed by a sense of "we are in power!" So transparency can also be impunity
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2nd, it's easy to talk transparency when most of the citizens to whom u're accountable are illiterate & u know they can't understand a word of what u say. In 2006, former Borno Gov, Ali Modu Sheriff said less than 5% of his state cld read & write so he didn't worry about Turenci
So, if we're interested in transparency with accountability, we shdn't just bloviate on social media. We also have to take advocacy for access to quality public education v seriously. Without accessible quality education, accountable democracy has limited reach
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