APC: A Fine Sail, and to Nowhere
Nothing ostensible is wrong with the idea of a formation of a new political party in a democratic state, but in Nigeria’s case the manner by which, and the condition under which political parties are formed left so much to be desired. This leaves some of our nation’s political parties as a fine sail without a clearly identified destination. In the manner some of the parties are formed, one cannot help but wonder what exactly the master minders had in mind for the country. Did it want it to be one nation, one people, a country in perpetual conflict with itself, a democracy, or a demo-theocracy, or what?
A closer look at Nigeria political parties’ development and experiments at governance since amalgamation reveals clear lack of vision and direction for the country. Over the years we have experiments with regionalism which National Council of Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC) saw as crystallising disintegration. We have tried Unitarianism, federalism, civilian rule, military rule, parliamentary democracy, and presidential democracy, but none seems to