A Critique of Nigeria's Proposed Two-Party System
1989; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 27; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0022278x00015652
ISSN1469-7777
Autores Tópico(s)Global Political and Social Dynamics
ResumoShortly after assuming office as Head of State in August 1985, President Ibrahim Babangida inaugurated a 17-member Political Bureau, headed by Professor Sylvanus Cookey, whose terms of reference included ‘The review of Nigeria's political history, identifying the basic problems which led to failure in the past and suggesting ways of resolving and coping with these problems’. 1 One of the most controversial of the Bureau's proposals was that the number of political parties should be limited to two in order to ensure that Nigeria's future politics would be based on principles and not ethnicity. 2 The Government accepted this recommendation as part of the programme for a return to civilian rule in 1992, and has decided that two parties will be registered in 1989.3
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