{"id":74203,"date":"2022-10-13T13:56:25","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T12:56:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/2023-what-nigerians-are-saying-about-structured-structureless-political-parties"},"modified":"2022-10-13T15:23:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T14:23:00","slug":"2023-what-nigerians-are-saying-about-structured-structureless-political-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/parties\/2023-what-nigerians-are-saying-about-structured-structureless-political-parties","title":{"rendered":"2023: What Nigerians are saying about structured, \u2018structureless\u2019 political parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>As the 2023 general elections approach, one big topic in national discourse has been that of the leading political parties and their candidates, especially the presidential flagbearers.<\/p>\n<p>The more established political parties, the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and their members have often dismissed the smaller parties as mere noisemakers and often used the term \u2018structureless parties\u2019 to describe them.<\/p>\n<p>Some presidential candidates, for instance, Bola Ahmed Tinubu of the APC, is said to have spread his structure to all corners of the country, and if he were to be rewarded for his gigantic political popularity, the other candidates would simply declare him the winner even before the polls.<\/p>\n<p>This, but might not be in proportion, goes to the PDP and its candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar. Atiku, a former Vice President, was the main opposition presidential candidate in 2019. The former Nigerian Customs Service officer is not new to the politics of Nigeria. Atiku and PDP are very confident they are returning to power at the level in 2023 and see APC, not any other party, as their only impediment.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the number of Governors, Senators, House of Representatives members, and House of Assembly members elected under their political parties, the APC and PDP find it difficult to even think of any other political parties. Naturally, they do not only believe in their structures, but they rely on them.<\/p>\n<p>However, smaller political parties such as the Labour Party, the Social Democratic Party, SDP, among others, believe that the ordinary Nigerians are their structure. According to them, the narrative has changed. They believe that the people will decide who will pilot the nation\u2019s affairs for the next four years and not the politicians themselves. These political parties think 2023 will be a different ball game.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerians have expressed their divergent opinions on this big political issue.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to DAILY POST, Dr. Joel Awusi, a political analyst, explained what he has observed since the presidential primary elections.<\/p>\n<p>He says, \u201cI have to approach this issue in two dimensions. One, the people who talk about structure are those I\u2019ll describe as \u2018prehistoric\u2019 politicians. They still believe that things will keep happening the way it has been. They don\u2019t believe that it will ever change. So these ones believe in their structure, the number of Senators, Governors, lawmakers they\u2019ve put in place. Admitting any form of fear is not the attitude of politicians. They are not swayed by the noise. And, let me tell you, even if they know the truth, they\u2019ll keep telling you nothing is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST further sought the thoughts of Nigerians on the streets of Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim told DAILY POST at Jabi Garage that the major problem Nigerians should consider is the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should be more concerned about the election being rigged. In as much as they[the people] want a change, they should worry about rigging. Should INEC be trusted? There\u2019s pressure on INEC to move in a certain direction, but it depends on Prof Mahmood Yakubu. Will he succumb? The big political parties are ready to spend the money, and that\u2019s \u2018structure\u2019 for them. We are hoping for the best but expecting the worse.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t win an election in Nigeria without a structure,\u201d Ayodele Adebanjo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t be deceived by social media. Elections are not won on Twitter or Facebook. I\u2019m not talking about any political party here, but the way Nigerian politics is structured, you can\u2019t win any election without a proper structure. You ask yourself, how many State Governors, Senators or Reps do they have? In the states, how many House of Assembly members do they have? It is the people that\u2019ll help you win election, not social media.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. As the 2023 general elections approach, one big topic in national discourse has been that of the leading political parties and their candidates, especially the presidential flagbearers. 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