Creating a sustainable and accountable democratic system in Nigeria (4)

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By Patrick Dele Cole

Making our political parties accountable

POLITICAL parties are the bedrock of democratic institutions. They provide the umbrella under which political activity takes place. If these parties are broken, then the system within which they operate will be broken.

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Nigerians

I fundamentally believe that the concept of the political party does not exist in Nigeria. Instead we have political vehicles that serve the interests of narrow elite. They are funded by individuals not members; they do not identify with particular ideological positions and their party members exploit a loophole in the constitution which allows too much fluidity between political parties, resulting in our yoyo effect and encouragement of instability.

Absentee governance must stop(Opens in a new browser tab)

If we want to strengthen our democracy then we have to strengthen the governance and accountability of our political parties. We must have paying members of parties, who earn the right to…



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