Without the consent of Africans, the continent lost control of its political and economic power to the Europeans following the Berlin Conference of 1884 where African states were formally partitioned among the European powers. This marked the beginning of European exploitative and oppressive form of governance couched as colonialism. The possibility of post-colonial Africa evolving a new system of governance different from that of its colonial masters is high given the inclusivity of its pre-colonial political system. However, the legacy of the colonial democratic model hinged on the expansion of political powers to a position of political dominance has taken root in Africa and thus, become the determining factor in Africa’s post-colonial political and economic system. This has consequently made the departure from the pattern of colonial governance very difficult and costly. The political system in present-day Nigeria is an unswerving representation of the pattern set by the colonial system where indigenous political institutions have been replaced with another political system that is strange to Nigerians. Thus, post-independence Nigeria adopted its colonisers’ more centralised and authoritarian political system. This chapter contends that for Nigeria to free itself from its former colonialists, the connection between the state and civil society must be strengthened through inclusive governance.