tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540911873094895295.post7386650238650349209..comments2024-02-09T16:24:41.817+00:00Comments on Akin Akintayo: Nigeria: Juvenile Party Shopping and HoppingAkin Akintayohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14254117443398207562noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540911873094895295.post-1979215780900354312011-01-04T13:51:28.035+00:002011-01-04T13:51:28.035+00:00Hello CodLiverOil,
Indeed, those are questions wi...Hello CodLiverOil,<br /><br />Indeed, those are questions with no easy answers.<br /><br />However, if people who switch parties have a Last In - First Considered influence in their new parties, this would continually be a problem.<br /><br />I do not know if our democracy has the potential to mature with people of similar ideologies which might include greed and self-promotion coalesce but it is a problem that needs some serious analysis and solutions.<br /><br />AkinAkin Akintayohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14254117443398207562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3540911873094895295.post-89757289598274696552011-01-04T09:14:36.041+00:002011-01-04T09:14:36.041+00:00Thank you for the detail. I can't say it was e...Thank you for the detail. I can't say it was eye opening, as I had long ago concluded that those involved in politics there are immature like many of their counterparts throughout sub-Saharan Africa. (You are aware I voiced my opinion on the piece you did on the Ivorian crisis of 2010)<br /><br />The question is in the case of Nigeria. Is this just a symptom of the shallow roots of democracy within Nigeria that will die out with time as "democracy" endures?<br /><br />Or is this the height of what we can expect from democracy? And that successive politicians will perpetuate the self-destructive patterns of behaviour that their predecessors have displayed?CodLiverOilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11065155093164512390noreply@blogger.com