A TALE OF TWO PARTIES

The essence of this piece is to offer my tuppence on a topic that continues to be debated. In the event that Nigeria is said to have two dominant parties, the ruling PDP and the opposition APC, it only makes sense to presuppose that the two entities will essentially be different. Different in the sense that even in a situation where you have two parties with exact same ideology, they cannot be said to be the same which is why they have different identities to start with. Or perhaps would it be correct to say that the Anglican church is the same as the Catholic church because the membership of both is composed essentially of christians, some good some bad? In the event that the PDP has found itself in a reputational dirtpit, it finds it convenient to proclaim that the APC is no different from it and often the fact that many members of APC are former (and perhaps future) members of PDP is cited as proof.

NATIONAL CONFERENCE – A Whisper in the Ear

Let me begin from the conclusion – national conference or dialogue or conversation as envisaged by the protagonists will not take place!

It will not take place because it is putting the cart before the horse. Only the people of Nigeria have the sovereign right to decide whether or not to have a national conference.

Without a referendum to have a national conference it will amount to a usurpation of the peoples rights for the government to organize such a conference. Without the peoples verified consent, any other type of conference cannot be sovereign and any conference that is not sovereign is mere gimmickry and a waste of our time and resources.

It will not take place because you do not build a house from the roof. How can you have a national conference when the components of the 'national' have not had their conferences?