The number of registered political parties in Nigeria is too much. I fear it is the reason we never have a viable opposition to the ruling party PDP. Does it mean that Nigerian cannot speak with one voice? If other political parties in the country doesn't believe in the ruling PDP as they claim, why can't they come together and form a single opposition party like they have in the USA and Britain? Two party State is best for Nigeria to avoid sectional political party.
I want to believe the ruling party PDP is behind creating more parties(fragment) in Nigeria so they can dominate for a long time to come. The earlier other political parties realize this and form a single opposition party, the better chance they have in ever ruling this country. The house divided against itself shall not stand- so the saying goes. As long as parties keep springing up, there can never be any chance to challenge the PDP.

Two party state is best for Nigeria, as in the second republic!
discuss if you have other opinion or support the fragmented political party system as we have now?

I concur

Yes! Christian Demcratic Party (CDC) and Muslim Brotherhood (MB)!

kokoA:

Yes! Christian Demcratic Party (CDC) and Muslim Brotherhood (MB)!

You want to start trouble

Seconded

Two party will amount to slavery of expression and godfather ism will be the order of the day.

I agree to a two party system. NRC & SDP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seconded

segunjowo:

The number of registered political parties in Nigeria is too much. I fear it is the reason we never have a viable opposition to the ruling party PDP. Does it mean that Nigerian cannot speak with one voice? If other political parties in the country doesn't believe in the ruling PDP as they claim, why can't they come together and form a single opposition party like they have in the USA and Britain? Two party State is best for Nigeria to avoid sectional political party.
I want to believe the ruling party PDP is behind creating more parties(fragment) in Nigeria so they can dominate for a long time to come. The earlier other political parties realize this and form a single opposition party, the better chance they have in ever ruling this country. The house divided against itself shall not stand- so the saying goes. As long as parties keep springing up, there can never be any chance to challenge the PDP.

Two party state is best for Nigeria, as in the second republic!
discuss if you have other opinion or support the fragmented political party system as we have now?

Nigeria's best democratic experience was in the early '90s simply because we had two parties then (SDP and NRC). When the Forth Republic commenced in 1999, we had three parties (PDP, APP and AD). If these three were allowed to stay, they would have become just two parties at the end (as APP and AD were already colaborating), but the opposition led by Chief Gani Fawehinmi went to court and forced INEC to expand the political landscape. They said that Nigeria was becoming a one party state (meaning PDP was taking the lion share). In obedience to court order, INEC opened up the political stage for all comers and made it even more possible that we have a one party state (in 1999 PDP had 21 states, APP 9 and AD 6; in 2007 PDP 28, ANPP 4, AC 1, APGA 1, PPA 2).

This means that the opposition played themselves into the hands of the ruling party. The solution now lies in the implementation of political reforms that would see parties without portfolio being scrapped and the surviving ones merging (like the merger of ACN, ANPP, CPC, PPA and APGA and PDP, LP and ACCORD).

well, maybe at the presicential level, but for governorship and local govt there shuld be more thann two political parties, UP PDP

I agree with the two party system

IBB got it right when he put up excellent structures of SDP and NRC but a lot of people misinterpreted it for Northern Republic Congress and Southern Democratic Party and not the Social and National as its meant to be.

What is the ideological differences between all of them? I see no difference!! They all aim at looting!!
How many of the Reps from opposition parties can reject the jumbo pay and 'Ghana must go's'?

Our political parties are way too numerous reducing it to at most 3 is okay

GARRISON MENTALITY. HANGOVER OF MILITARY RULE. IT MIGHT TAKE 100 YEARS FOR NIGERIA TO FIGURE OUT WHAT DEMOCRACY IS. BAN THIS BAN THAT. CLEAR THIS CLEAR THAT. ZONE THIS ZONE THAT.
NIGERIA NATION HAS BEEN HIJACKED. AND NOW WE CALL MOB RULE DEMOCRACY.

How will INEC chop some extra money?

it is good i agree with you, thanks.

Lasinoh:

How will INEC chop some extra money?

I believe that creating fragmented party by INEC has nothing to do with money. It's everything to do with ensuring other opposition to PDP remain fragmented and therefore, the ruling party becomes stronger and stonger.
Political elites better watch it and return to the drawing table: marge!

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