Nigeria's democracy can't survive with over 80 political parties - NILDS DG

Date: 2020-10-18

Director General, National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), Professor Abubakar Olanrewaju Sulaiman, has advocated that number of political parties in the country should be pruned down to only three.

Olanrewaju, a professor of Political Science, also said that outcome of the recent governorship elections conducted in Edo and Ondo states was an indication that Nigeria's democracy and politicians are marturing.

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on the sideline of a special prayer organised to mark his 55th birthday in Ilorin at the weekend, Professor Sulaiman said that Nigeria democracy cannot survive with the kind of "jankara" political parties we have in this country.

"We have to cut the number down. A lot of political parties we have are "shoprite" political parties, let me use that language. Just one shop, no office, no followers, no members and no disciples. You begin to ask a question, of what relevance are they adding to numbers of ballot papers, or adding to the confusion in electoral process?

"I think we need some legal framework to prune them down. We must have two or three vibrant political parties that can represent the various shades of opnions in this country just like we have in USA and other advanced democracy. We cannot survive with 60, or 80 political parties. It doesn't make sense at all.

"So, we need serious electoral reforms and the National Assembly is looking into it and I want to believe that with the kind of National Assembly we have now and we had in the eighth National Assembly, we should see something plausible in terms of result that will come out from electoral reform in the National Assembly", he said.

Also speaking on the recent governorship election in Edo and Ondo states, the NILDS DG said experience has shown that Nigerian politians and key players are begining to embrace concession and accepting defeat without resorting to litigation after losing election.

On the #ENDSARS protest being staged across the nation, the former minister of National Planning posited that whta the protest "portends is that as long as we practice democracy, we must allow people's wish to prevail".

He challenged Nigerians particularly traditional rulers and religious leaders to support government in its fight against insecurity by assisting in providing intellegence information to security agencies.

In his brief lecture at the prayer session, cordinated by the national missioner of the Ansarul Islam Society of Nigeria, Alhaji Abdulmumini Ayara, admonished political office holders to always strive to make positive impacts while in office, reminding them that "power is transient".

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Share     Ramadan     Kazeem Gbolagade     Zulkifli Ibraheem     Www.Kwarareports.com     Ilorin Talaka Parapo (ITP)     Oluronke Adeyemi     Kayode Bankole     KwaraLearn     Olukotun Of Ikotun     Micheal Imoudu     Ganiyu Taofiq     Abdulwahab Oba     Bankole Omishore     National Information Technology Development Agency     Ijagbo Health Centre     Tafidan Kaiama     Maimunat Oniyangi     University Road     Kwara State Pension Board     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     NIRSAL     Playing Host     Okanlawon Taiwo     Ajasse-Ipo     Mutawali     Haleeman Salman     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Mamatu Abdullahi     Ahmed Mohammed Rifun     Maja     Charles Ibitoye     Arandun     Overland     Quareeb Islamic Association     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Eghe Igbinehi     Baboko Primary School     Senate Presidency     Simon Sayomi     Ola Falade     Valsolar Consultoria     Chief Imam Of Ilorin     Aliyu Kora Sabi     Modibbo Kawu     Aliyu Muhammed     Alapansapa     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Oba Abdulrahim     Sam Okaula     Adegoke Bamidele     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Majlis For Sadaqah, Zakat And Waqf     Omotoso     AbdulQowiy Olododo     Sadiq Umar     PAACO-PCL Consortium     Olokoba Sulyman     Ayeyemi Sulaiman     Irepodun     Grillo     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Mahmud Durosinlohun Atiku     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Ubandawaki     Rebecca Bake     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Bolaji Aladie     Adesoye College     Abdulmumini Jawondo     Saadu Alanamu     Awwal Jawondo     Mujtabah Bature     Gbenga Olawepo     Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Ramadhan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Abdulfatah Ahmed     Tanke     Talaka Parapo     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Ilorin Innovation Hub     Segun Abifarin     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Musa Alhassan Buge     Aliyu Alhassan     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Federal Allocation     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Atiku     Olusin Of Ijara Isin     Abdulrazaq Aiyelabegan     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Kwara University Of Education     Jamiu Oyawoye     Ilesha-Baruba-Gwanara     Ogidi-Oloje     Yusuf Aiyedun     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Kpotum Mohammed Baba     Charcoal     Government House     Yusuf Lanre Badmus     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Rashidi Yekini     Halidu Danbaba     John Mayokun Dada     First Lady     Mamatu Abdullahi     Elections     Bukola Saraki     Abdulrasaq Alaro     Omupo     Sodiya     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Jide Oyinloye     Adedayo Yusuf Abdulkareem     CT Ayeni     Gamji Members Association     Abdullahi Samari     Kehinde Boyede     Ayo Opadokun     Gobir Organization Foundation     Ajibola Saliu Ajia     Offorjama     Funke Adedoyin     Academic Staff Union Of Universities     Kubra Kazum     Abubakar Ndakene     Adamu Attah     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Lanre Olosunde     Kwara 2019     Tunde Akanbi     Sa\'ad Alanamu     ENetSuD     Moremi High School     Oke-Odo     Omoniyi Ayinla     Ojuekun     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Ibrahim Mohammed     Shururat Olatinwo     Mohammed Katsina Ahmed     Senate President     CCB     Yinka Aluko     Dele Momodu     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Alfa Modibbo Belgore     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Ifelodun     Tosin Saraki     Obuh