Lack of internal democracy responsible for failed leadership —Atiku
Lack of internal democracy responsible for failed leadership —Atiku
ON AUGUST 2, 2017
By Chris Ochayi
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said, yesterday, that the absence of internal democracy in political parties was responsible for fragile democracy and leadership failures being experienced in the country. Atiku, who spoke at the second Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria, IPAC, Annual Conference 2017 on Internal Party Democracy in Abuja, particularly scolded his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress , APC, over failure to organise statutory meetings for the organs of the party.
He argued that lack of internal democracy had made APC and other parties in the country bullying and undemocratic. He said: “The issue of internal democracy in our political parties has been with us for a long time, indeed since the restoration of civilian rule in 1999.
In long-established democracies those statements would seem trite. But I recognize that our democracy is young, and our parties are also rather young.
“As a result, they are still wrestling with issues of party building, party structures, internal democracy and the nature of the relationship between parties and members, parties and legislatures and parties and government as well as among parties themselves.”
Source: Vanguard newspaper
ON AUGUST 2, 2017
By Chris Ochayi
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar said, yesterday, that the absence of internal democracy in political parties was responsible for fragile democracy and leadership failures being experienced in the country. Atiku, who spoke at the second Inter Party Advisory Council of Nigeria, IPAC, Annual Conference 2017 on Internal Party Democracy in Abuja, particularly scolded his party, the ruling All Progressives Congress , APC, over failure to organise statutory meetings for the organs of the party.
He argued that lack of internal democracy had made APC and other parties in the country bullying and undemocratic. He said: “The issue of internal democracy in our political parties has been with us for a long time, indeed since the restoration of civilian rule in 1999.
In long-established democracies those statements would seem trite. But I recognize that our democracy is young, and our parties are also rather young.
“As a result, they are still wrestling with issues of party building, party structures, internal democracy and the nature of the relationship between parties and members, parties and legislatures and parties and government as well as among parties themselves.”
Source: Vanguard newspaper
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