Globally, democracy is at the heart of social justice. This is because it represents a vehicle for the actualization of the principles of fairness, equality of opportunity, liberty, and social rights and the absence of social and class barriers. In the Third World, social justice is largely constrained by the failed attempts to deepen and consolidate their budding and fledgling democracy, due to poor governance, economic mismanagement, political instability, social dislocation and cultural decay. In Nigeria, the problem of social injustice is accentuated by the crisis of the democratization process. This paper therefore examines the factors that inhibit the democratic experimentation and consolidation process in Nigeria and explores the feasibility of social justice through democratic re‐engineering and cultural change. This paper, which also derived its data from valuable secondary sources, concluded with useful recommendations including the creation of a genial democratic climate that will facilitate the reconstruction of cultural values and enhance the enthronement of social justice in Nigeria.
