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| Peoples Democratic Party (Pdp) and the Challenges of Internal Party Democracy in Nigeria (1999-2015)
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Mbah, Clement Chukwu (Ph.D)
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Abstract:
For some time now since the dawn of democratic project in Nigeria in 1999, the problem of internal party democracy has been a source for concern towards effective party politics in the country. The paper therefore investigated the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the Challenges of Internal Democracy in Nigeria political Parties 1999-2015. The paper adopted the Historical descriptive research as its method of investigation, while the elite theory of politics guided the paper as its theoretical framework. The paper in the course of its investigation found that as a result of lack of internal party democracy in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which manifested negatively in the party's governance of Nigeria between May 29, 1999 - May 29, 2015, it contributed to its loss of power at the federal level and some states it formally controlled to the opposition political party, the All Progressive Congress (APC) in 2015 general elections. The paper therefore recommends that for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to reposition itself to regain power at federal level and some of the states it formally controlled, it must wean itself of all the political vices associated with its internal democratic practices during the period investigated.
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