As we approach election year 2023, there are lingering and disturbing questions on what the political parties have to offer Nigerians in form of their action plans and strategies.
Is there any indication that the two main parties, PDP and APC have anything new to offer the electorate? Is there any hope in the minority parties? Have the parties developed any blueprint to restore sanity to the country?
What plans do they have on security and other challenges confronting the country? Is it reasonable to conclude that they hold the electorate in contempt and do not see the need to introduce persuasive programmes?
What hopes are these Parties offering Nigerians in the face of their narrow-identity politics, nepotism, lies, propaganda, hate messages and fake news that tend to destroy the reason behind formation of parties? What have these divided parties developed for Nigeria?
What programmes do they have for improved security, ending kidnapping, ending the Boko Haram insurgency, inflation, agriculture, health, education, alternative innovations to meet the challenges of our dear country?
Sadly, these men and women pretend to be purveyors of our unity and togetherness while dividing us daily and killing us softly in stagnation, underdevelopment, system destruction, corruption, retrogression, and inflation. The parties are simply Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) to achieve their personal and narrow objectives.
Political Parties in the developed economies usually have a form of ideological or political identity. These are what can be identified with such political parties or what such parties stand for in terms of ideological inclinations or political directions.
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For example, we know of the political directions and ideological inclinations of the Conservative Party in UK, the Democratic and Republican Parties in the United States of America. Even in the early days of political party formations in Nigeria, we knew what Nigeria People Congress (NPC) stood for. We also knew what Northern Elements People Union (NEPU), Middle Bell Congress (MBC), National Party of Nigeria (NPN), Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) stood for.
A mention of National Party of Nigeria (NPN) quickly brings to memory their housing and agricultural or Green Revolution or Ethical Revolution Programmes, while a mention of Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) quickly and nostalgically resonates the 4 Cardinal Programmes – Free Health Services, Free Education at all levels, Full employment, and Integrated Rural Development.
When it comes to the reality of contemporary Nigeria, what can we say about APC, PDP, and the other registered Parties in Nigeria?
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