I am personally astounded by the developments in this country. The degree of bitterness and intolerance are getting pretty worrisome.

Granted, the government in power has a lot to do to meet the expectation of the electorates that voted it into power. But then we have to draw a line between a constructive opposition and sheer unreasonableness.


In other climes, opposition elements make their mark by complementing the party in power. In other words, they, as a watchdog of government, provide constructive opposition. They praise the government when it makes positive progress and provide constructive criticism when the government falls out of line.

From the foregoing, the opposition duly earn their respect and recognition.
Infact,the opposition conduct themselves as a credible alternative. Put in another way, the opposition demonstrate, by their action, that they be could entrusted to form a broad-based government without jeopardising the common good.


The case of Nigeria is pathetically unfortunate. We have a situation where the major opposition party practically see nothing good in whatever the government does. It is as if the main opposition party viz APC is pre-set willy-nilly to denigrate and disparage all actions of government.


I am constrained to ask whether this tendency is purely an African thing; where you must denigrate and malign your counterpart even when doi so is at the detriment of the common good...

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria's main opposition party, I believe, has not covered itself in that much glory over the past few days. One would have expected some level of appreciation and commendation for the growing democratic culture in Nigeria as witnessed by the free and fair elections in some states in the past few months.

Instead, all one hears are a cacophony of discordant voices.
Now, I am beginning to comprehend why Julius Nyerere asserted that African culture abhors opposition...

Durring obj's tenure vote dont count whenever election is coming we athoumatically know who will win but gej came and change all that. E.g durring obj tenure osun election could have be convienetly rig in favour of PDP and the millitary and police will take care of the rest but gej never thaught of such rather he alowed the people decide for them selves.

When u tell Nigerians what manner of PDP, the ruling party is. We will tell u what u don't want to know about APC

From the article above it is obvious that the writer doesn't know anything abuit politics, whether in Nigeria or in other parts of the world. I suggest he should study the situation in USA (Democratic Party vs Republican Party), UK and Australia(Labour Party vs Conservative Party), France (Socialist Party vs Union for a Popular Movement), Germany (Social Democratic. Party vs Christian Democratic Union) etc

From the article above it is obvious that the writer doesn't know anything about politics, whether in Nigeria or in other parts of the world. I suggest he should study the situation in USA (Democratic Party vs Republican Party), UK and Australia(Labour Party vs Conservative Party), France (Socialist Party vs Union for a Popular Movement), Germany (Social Democratic Party vs Christian Democratic Union) etc

OseghaleEbosele: From the article above it is obvious that the writer doesn't know anything about politics, whether in Nigeria or in other parts of the world. I suggest he should study the situation in USA (Democratic Party vs Republican Party), UK and Australia(Labour Party vs Conservative Party), France (Socialist Party vs Union for a Popular Movement), Germany (Social Democratic Party vs Christian Democratic Union) etc

well written.
The APC is too soft on jonathan self, the following links are Republicans attack on Obama


www.cnn.com/2014/07/11/politics/gop-obama-lawsuit-5-questions/

www.newrepublic.com/article/117849/republicans-hypocritically-attack-obama-over-veterans-scandal

Threat of impeachment

www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/08/14/morning-plum-republicans-bicker-over-whether-to-attack-obamas-competence/


www.politicususa.com/2014/08/26/republicans-attack-pres-obamas-foreign-policy-american-legion-cheers.html

www.newsweek.com/republicans-attack-obama-over-bergdahl-prisoner-swap-252933


Labour Party attacks on cameron


Labour attacks Cameron over
'mishandled' Juncker talks


mobile.nytimes.com/2013/10/03/world/europe/cameron-rallies-tories-as-labour-attacks-pile-up.html?_r=0


Let me not even go to the French or the Greeks, in fact Gej is enjoying APC’s weakness.

Imagine if Obama appointed defence chief is accused of sponsoring al qeada.

Op go siddon.

APC is a breath of fresh air to the corrupt ridden PDP that has spent 15 years in making Nigeria a giant crawling on it stomach. APC is a viable alternative to PDP. Never in this democratic dispensation have we ever had an alternative that defeat the monster called PDP.

By voting in APC and voting out PDP, Nigerians will achieve 4 things in our Political Space:
1. That the Masses are the Boss. While our politicians are the servants.
2. It will mean the APC will not repeat the callous and nonchalant leadership dispositions that PDP have been dishing out for the last 15 years.
3. PDP will have the opportunity to go back to the drawing board to prioritize what is paramount to them (protect criminals or serve the masses).
4. And since PDP know how to steal, they will better police the FG under APC by exposing any imaginable malpractice even before Nigerians can find out.

So any Patriotic Nigerian will see that it is for the best interest of Nigeria to vote out PDP and elect APC come 2015. This nation will triumph again.

egift: APC is a breath of fresh air to the corrupt ridden PDP that has spent 15 years in making Nigeria a giant crawling on it stomach. APC is a viable alternative to PDP. Never in this democratic dispensation have we ever had an alternative that defeat the monster called PDP.

By voting in APC and voting out PDP, Nigerians will achieve 4 things in our Political Space:
1. That the Masses are the Boss. While our politicians are the servants.
2. It will mean the APC will not repeat the callous and nonchalant leadership dispositions that PDP have been dishing out for the last 15 years.
3. PDP will have the opportunity to go back to the drawing board to prioritize what is paramount to them (protect criminals or serve the masses).
4. And since PDP know how to steal, they will better police the FG under APC by exposing any imaginable malpractice even before Nigerians can find out.

So any Patriotic Nigerian will see that it is for the best interest of Nigeria to vote out PDP and elect APC come 2015. This nation will triumph again.

Exactly what the OP is saying

why don't we just take sentiments aside and be constructive in our criticism

if just this once and see if things will chaneg for better

MAKE UNNA WAKE UP

OseghaleEbosele: From the article above it is obvious that the writer doesn't know anything about politics, whether in Nigeria or in other parts of the world. I suggest he should study the situation in USA (Democratic Party vs Republican Party), UK and Australia(Labour Party vs Conservative Party), France (Socialist Party vs Union for a Popular Movement), Germany (Social Democratic Party vs Christian Democratic Union) etc

The attitude you and several misguided folks are displaying is the crux of the matter.


Why is it that whatever the opposition don't understand must be wrong? Every policy initiated by the government must be wrong irrespective of the propriety of such policy.
This is the question most non-partisan Nigerians are asking.

Who told you guys that that is how politics is played? It is so painful to see that people cannot distinguish between nihilism and constructive engagement.

If you are not a good follower, how do you intend to become a good leader?

PDP is this, PDP is that...
Is the opposition aiming to outdo the ruling party in outlandish behaviour or to demonstrate that they are a better alternative by examplary conduct?

Does the Republican Party in the US set out to undermine the American government by showing to the outside world America's frailties as is almost the case in Nigeria?


Does the Labour Party in the UK go out of their way to rubbish the office of the Prime Minister just to score cheap political points or to engage in acts that undercut British institutions?

In advance democracies all over the world what we see are issue-based opposition politics and criticisms and not the desperado-style opposition being enacted in Nigeria where power is being sought at all cost.

Little wonder opposition parties are yet to form a government in Nigeria since independence in 1960.

Obiagelli: Op are you looking for the apga type opposition?

So the opposition in your book is the one that sets out to sabotage public interest by criticising every policy of government no matter how good?

Let's rise above pecuniary interest and begin to view things from a dispassionate perspective.

If you think you are better than the PDP, then demonstrably show how...

Sincerely speaking, the mold of APC is a very good opposition. However, Nigerians have been so battered, emotionally bruised that we have learnt over time to accept our pathetic situation. That is why a government will be so poor and oppositions are not allowed to ask questions. E.g GEJ recently asked for 1B to fight Boko Haram. The ONLY voice raising legitimate concerns about how previous money was spent and why so much money needed when little progress made with former allocations is APC.
Without any opposition, the current government would have ruined Nigeria beyond where it is.

egift: APC is a breath of fresh air to the corrupt ridden PDP that has spent 15 years in making Nigeria a giant crawling on it stomach. APC is a viable alternative to PDP. Never in this democratic dispensation have we ever had an alternative that defeat the monster called PDP.

By voting in APC and voting out PDP, Nigerians will achieve 4 things in our Political Space:
1. That the Masses are the Boss. While our politicians are the servants.
2. It will mean the APC will not repeat the callous and nonchalant leadership dispositions that PDP have been dishing out for the last 15 years.
3. PDP will have the opportunity to go back to the drawing board to prioritize what is paramount to them (protect criminals or serve the masses).
4. And since PDP know how to steal, they will better police the FG under APC by exposing any imaginable malpractice even before Nigerians can find out.

So any Patriotic Nigerian will see that it is for the best interest of Nigeria to vote out PDP and elect APC come 2015. This nation will triumph again.

So much for plausible rhetorics...

Are you talking about a speculative APC or the current one as is presently constituted?

I look at the two parties and there is hardly anything to choose between them.

They remain contraptions used by politicians to serve their selfish interests and that of their cronies. Forget about the whinings of those who feel side-lined, they are birds of the same plummage...

APC is just ABSOLUTE evil...... nothing more.

Nigeria without APC or at least an opposition as visible as APC will leave us the people at the intolerable mercy of the nasty party.

edogirl2: Nigeria without APC or at least an opposition as visible as APC will leave us the people at the intolerable mercy of the nasty party.

No-one is saying we shouldn't have a viable opposition. But just as it was pointed out above, the opposition should function as a veritable watchdog of government.

The present practice of speaking for the sake of speaking should be discontinued. Some of these actions are undermining national interest and development.

The least all of us can do is to support every elected government to deliver democracy dividends as promised during electioneering campaigns.

Parties must rise above partisan and petty bickering if the country must achieve her set goals and aspirations.

whats the difference between the parties?

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i keep saying that APC isnt an opposition party,rather,they are Angry people's conglomerate.
in sane countries,when they are in difficult situations,they join hands together and fight her common enemies,but in nigeria,it is not so,rather u'll see them used such occurence to try and score cheap political point.
they keep insulting the office of president,yet they keep itching to be there,is that how politics is been played?
They say GEJ is bad and cant perform,yet this same people claim their heroes such as tinubu,atiku,obj,buhari,etc are saints and i laugh.
is it not the same buhari that arrested nduka irabor for writting negatives stories about him?is it not the same buhari that overthrew a democratically elected government?is it not the same buhari that retrenched over 58,000 civil servant?tell me,when did buhari became a saint?can buhari tolerate criticism?
abi na obj we wan talk about?the obj that never built one federal varsity in 8yrs and no good federal library,but built one of the best private varsity in nigeria(bells university) plus a private library worth $2b,is it obj that never conducted any free and fair election?this same obj is the one tinubu,buhari and co went to meet,at the end of d meeting,they told obj to "show them the way" and i asked,"show u which way"?is it the rigging ways?
what about bukola saraki,atiku,tinubu,okoroacha and co? are they now saint?
i weep for nigeria.

Opposition party is good as it will checkmate the ruling party and cut their excesses
However, a situation where the major opposition party practically see nothing good in whatever
the ruling government does is a NO to me.

They must praise them when a laudable feat is achieved

Obviously, this OP does not understand the meaning of "opposition party"

APC is a party full of evil people and hypocrites who are suffering from terminal
brain cancer that never sees anything good in what GEJ or FG is doing. They have about 5½ month to live they shall officially die and become history in this country after GEJ is declared winner of the 2015 presidential election.

APC is keeping the ruling party on their feet. They are doing a great job! After 15 years of monopoly! Alas a breath of fresh air!

Sai APC
Sai Buhari

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I hate politics, but I like good leaders that work well, e.g. GEJ

maestroferddi: I am personally astounded by the developments in this country. The degree of bitterness and intolerance are getting pretty worrisome.

Granted, the government in power has a lot to do to meet the expectation of the electorates that voted it into power. But then we have to draw a line between a constructive opposition and sheer unreasonableness.


In other climes, opposition elements make their mark by complementing the party in power. In other words, they, as a watchdog of government, provide constructive opposition. They praise the government when it makes positive progress and provide constructive criticism when the government falls out of line.

From the foregoing, the opposition duly earn their respect and recognition.
Infact,the opposition conduct themselves as a credible alternative. Put in another way, the opposition demonstrate, by their action, that they be could entrusted to form a broad-based government without jeopardising the common good.


The case of Nigeria is pathetically unfortunate. We have a situation where the major opposition party practically see nothing good in whatever the government does. It is as if the main opposition party viz APC is pre-set willy-nilly to denigrate and disparage all actions of government.


I am constrained to ask whether this tendency is purely an African thing; where you must denigrate and malign your counterpart even when doi so is at the detriment of the common good...

The All Progressives Congress (APC), Nigeria's main opposition party, I believe, has not covered itself in that much glory over the past few days. One would have expected some level of appreciation and commendation for the growing democratic culture in Nigeria as witnessed by the free and fair elections in some states in the past few months.

Instead, all one hears are a cacophony of discordant voices.
Now, I am beginning to comprehend why Julius Nyerere asserted that African culture abhors opposition...

Hmmmmm... [size=28pt] I SMELL PDP[/size]

APC is filled with losers hence the reason for their bitterness. They simply don't have eyes to see anything good. I just love the way our President till 2019 has been ignoring them since 2010.

APC is evil