The recent victory by the APC in the last presidential and national
assembly elections has triggered mass defections of our politicians to the party.
This is not a good development in our quest to sustain a virile
political system in the country, because of the seeming one-party system enthronement in our nation.
The recent defection to the APC by major political stakeholders would not augur well for our country.
The enabling environment that would create favourable opposition parties that would checkmate the excesses of the ruling party is what is needed at this period of our political development.
Those defecting to the wining party should have taken a lesson from the president-elect who refused to change parties, despite the olive branch extended to him at that time.
All those politicians defecting to the wining party have shown that they don’t have clear ideology and principles of nurturing a party to stardom like what the current opposition party has done before it was able to clinch power from the ruling party.
Nigerian politicians should cultivate the habit of grooming political parties for long period of time to check the party in power, so as to promote the culture of political growth in the country.
The recent election that took place in the country has portrayed Nigeria in positive light in the eyes of the world, due to the transparent and credible election.
We should not allow ourselves to be a laughing stock in the eyes of the world by the gale of defections of our politicians to the wining party; it’s not the usual around the world.
Bala Nayashi, No 1 Yashi Areas, lokoja