The Digest:
Prominent figures Femi Falana, SAN, and Usman Bugaje have identified Nigeria's political parties as a primary cause of the nation's developmental stagnation. The statesmen characterized the parties as ideologically "empty" entities that foster corruption and a destructive "winner-takes-all" system, preventing genuine governance and proportional representation.
Key Points:
- Human rights lawyer Femi Falana and politician Usman Bugaje indicted Nigerian political parties.
- Falana criticized the "winner-takes-all" system, advocating for proportional representation.
- He argued that without ideology, "corruption will continue, impunity will continue."
- Bugaje described parties as having "neither content nor conscience" and lacking courage.
- He stated the emptiness of parties makes frequent defections between the APC and the PDP easy.
- Both linked the lack of party ideology directly to the country's leadership recruitment crisis.
- Their critique was delivered during a Channels Television special broadcast.
Sources: Channels Television
