The Evolution and Pattern of Political Party Formation and the Search for National Integration in Nigeria

Abstract

Os partidos políticos são instituições cruciais na construção de uma ordem democrática participativa; eles fornecem plataformas para o desenvolvimento de propostas de políticas públicas concorrentes, bem como servem como instrumentos para canalizar grupos sociais díspares em uma plataforma política comum, proporcionando, assim, um efeito estabilizador a uma sociedade de outra forma fragmentada. O significado dos partidos políticos, portanto, vai além da função utilitária de contestar ou reter o poder político para incluir a capacidade de fornecer uma força unificadora em face de clivagens étnico-religiosas profundas. A trajetória histórica da formação de partidos políticos na Nigéria, entretanto, contraria esse ideal teórico e normativo. Os partidos políticos na Nigéria pré e pós-independência serviram como locais para a mobilização do povo ao longo das linhas de falha primordiais. Este artigo argumenta que os dois principais partidos políticos da Nigéria hoje apresentam uma oportunidade para romper o ciclo de partidos regionais que não se esforçaram ativamente para a integração nacional.

Malaya-Nigeria Political Parties Ideologies in Comparative Study 1945 to Independence

“…The first generation of Nigerian political parties of 1920s and 1930s were the Nigerian National Democratic Party NNDP and Nigerian Youth Movement NYM succeeded in creating political awareness and national consciousness among the Nigerians whose ideals was to struggle for equal opportunities in the government position with their white oppressors. These was achieved through established newspaper company called Daily Service that served as avenue for criticize colonial policies, campaign for national unity, political freedom and enlighten Nigerians to joint in the struggle (Danjibo & Ashindorbe, 2018).…”

Reassessing Ethnic-based Party Formation, Proliferation and Political Instability in Nigeria: A Periscope into the Future

“…In the view of Danjibo and Ashindorbe [33], political party formation from the preindependence era took a regional pattern starting with the NCNC. At formation, the party exhibited a national outlook, but later became a party principally for the Eastern region, the AG for the Western region and the NPC for the Northern region respectively.…”

“…It is pertinent to note that parties in the First and Second Republics were formed based on ethnoregional affiliations or invariably evolved into regional-based parties. Evidence from that era had shown that attempts to forged party alliances and build coalition of like minds across regional lines which if not truncated by military intervention would have culminated in the formation of two broad based and dominant political parties [41,33]. [42,43].…”