By Muyiwa Gbadegesin
Like many Nigerians, I used to believe that the problem with Nigerian political parties was their lack of ideology; that they are a mindless rabble of strange bedfellows, neither fish nor flesh. But then I asked myself: What exactly is ideology? How do you define it?
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, ideology can be defined as:
a: a systematic body of concepts especially about human life or culture b: a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture c: the integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical programme.
By this definition, it’s clear that every society and perhaps every political party has some form of ideology. The only question is whether such ideologies are ‘good’ or ‘bad’ (defined by whether they lead to positive or negative outcomes).
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