National Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN), Dr. Fredrick Faseun, has advocated true political ideologies among Nigerian politicians. Speaking at the first post-elections Summit organised by his party in Lagos, Faseun said this would enable politics and politicians to have a clear sense of direction.
“The 2015 elections have indeed come and gone, positions have been won and lost, but it would be necessary for stakeholders like us to dissect germane issues thrown up in that exercise.And we, politicians and democratic activists alike, are here not only to do a post-mortem on the polls, but to raise some salient issues that cropped up before, during and after the exercise.”
Faseun who disclosed that the gathering was organized to do a post-mortem of the 2015 general elections said the ruling party is on the downside of history and new administrators are about to take over power.
“We congratulate both sides, but we must sound a note of warning that Nigeria should prevent a one- party monopoly. The system that does not breed democracy but totalitarianism. He said: “Nigerians have gone through various regimes of mutual distrust, civilian, military, liberal militocracy and totalitarian dictatorship, all these have made Nigeria a country where patriotism has taken flight, but as we always say, there is no country to call our own except Nigeria.
Describing the political ideology of an ordinary Nigerian politician, Director-General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, (NIIA) Prof Bola Akinterinwa, noted that it is sad that presently in Nigeria, party politics is not necessarily based on party ideology.Akinterinwa blamed politicians for not putting the interest of the electorate first, before party interest,” he said.
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