Nigeria drifting into one-party state, multi-party system only on paper — CDD analyst Angalapu

A elder expert with the Centre for Democracy and Development, CDD, Dengiyefa Angalapu, has raised concerns astir Nigeria’s democracy, saying that it’s gradually drifting into a one-party authorities successful practice, contempt maintaining a multi-party strategy connected paper.

Angalapu, successful an exclusive interrogation with DAILY POST connected Wednesday said the existent governmental scenery reflects what tin beryllium described arsenic a dominant-party system, wherever 1 enactment holds overwhelming powerfulness portion others conflict to stay relevant.

“Although Nigeria is not constitutionally a one-party state, politically we cannot disregard that the state is present mostly a one-party state,” helium said.

According to him, the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) present controls astir 31 retired of the 36 states, a improvement helium said has importantly narrowed the governmental abstraction and reduced choices disposable to voters.

“With less viable options, galore voters whitethorn consciousness discouraged from participating successful elections,” helium explained.

“If radical judge their preferred candidates oregon parties person small accidental of winning, they volition rationally enactment distant from the process.”

Angalapu besides noted that elections successful the state person go progressively predictable since the 2023 wide elections, with lone a fewer exceptions.

“Most elections are present mostly uncompetitive and predictable. When that happens, it raises ser...