The Director, of Abuja School of Social and Political Thought, Dr. Sam Amadi, has accused President Bola Tinubu of playing “exclusionary politics” and ruling “with the tiniest minority of any president.”
He noted this in a keynote address at a capacity-building workshop organised by the Political Commission of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) for leaders of political thought, in Abuja, yesterday.
Amadi expressed fears that Nigeria as it is known today may cease to exist within the next three years if the current maladministration and mismanagement of its resources is not resolved.
He said, “There is an extreme urgency to get Nigeria out of the intensive care unit and into a general hospital ward where recovery, revival and regeneration can commence.
“The country is terminally sick. The only difference between Nigeria and a person in intensive care is that Nigeria is presently not receiving any care.”
He noted that the way youths especially in northern states of Kaduna, Kano and others marched through the streets without any fear for their lives during the last #EndBadGovernance aka #Hunger Protests, demonstrated how close the nation was to self destruction.
“It tells us the recklessness that could become Nigeria’s revolution if the current hunger and hopelessness continue,” he said.
He further called for electoral reform and “real and radical party restructuring.” Dr. Amadi remarked that the Labour Party has the potential to reform itself and save Nigeria from its current challenges
He believes that the Labour Party is critical to the country’s long-term economic and social development because, “it is difficult to conceive of a working democracy without a working political party system.”
He decried the absence of aggregate of opinions and ideology among the existing political parties, noting that although the nation’s “first republic ended in a civil war and the second republic ended with military coups, the quality of democracy in those periods are far better than today.”
He noted that Political parties of the two republics, “tried to aggregate opinions and perspectives about the natural question and tried to mobilise intellectual and human resources to present a vision of national development.”
Amadi expressed sadness that Nigeria’s existing political parties have failed to unite around a coherent ideological vision of the country’s progressive destiny, nor have they demonstrated any organisational strength. He added that, “We don’t have the luxury of well-managed parties anymore.”
He concluded that the existing parties as Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs) only used for getting to political offices.
