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                                                INTRODUCTION             The non-universally accepted definition of philosophy and the multi-dimensional activities termed philosophical makes it an interesting discourse in arguing for, or against the existence of philosophy among a group of people or a community.             Running through the ages since man began to question the nature of the universe and the place of the human being in it, different people advance to express and give the meaning of philosophy in their various cultural, ideological and temperamental backgrounds. Some define philosophy from the ambient of their schools of thoughts, interest and epochs, others from their unque orientations and convictions. About be it religious, personal affiliations or socio-political bents. In spites of the impression with regards to the definitions of philosophy, most scholars would still see it as a critical enterprise; a quest to find through a rational, systematic and o

I INTRODUCTION Democracy  (Greek  demos, ”the people”; kratein, “to rule”), political system in which the people of a country rule through any form of government they choose to establish. In modern democracies, supreme authority is exercised for the most part by representatives elected by popular suffrage. The representatives may be supplanted by the electorate according to the legal procedures of recall and referendum, and they are, at least in principle, responsible to the electorate. In many democracies, such as the United States, both the executive head of government and the legislature are elected. In typical constitutional monarchies such as the United Kingdom and Norway, only the legislators are elected, and from their ranks a cabinet and a prime minister are chosen. Although often used interchangeably, the terms democracy and republic are not synonymous. Both systems delegate the power to govern to their elected representatives. In a republi