First, let me commend Dr. Okwi Nwodo for recognizing that the absence of internal democracy in the political parties, is the reason for the deep leadership crisis that currently torments wellbeing in Nigeria. A few days ago Dr. Nwodo and I both featured in a Diaspora webinar organized by NIDO – Americas and he spoke quite eloquently on the subject of internal democracy in political parties. But the domain of culture includes the norms and ethics of political actors and the values of the political culture. A graphic illustration of this phenomenon of internal party democracy goes back to the one man one vote campaign by then Edo State Governor Adams Oshimole. Given the goal of those who frustrate internal democracy, it should be obvious that the target is to prevent people who Think (or have capacity).

Source: The Guardian August 06, 2020 03:45 UTC