“Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world.”
The All Progressives Congress or the APC for short began its march to fame on the charge of saving Nigeria from the exploitation of the ruling PDP. The party enjoyed some immediate success with some governors joining its fold from the PDP. Some honourable members of the House of Representatives also dropped their umbrellas for the APC's broom. Indeed, the PDP looked at the time to be a ship in troubled waters.
The party's publicity secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed made sure the government was constantly on its toes with incessant criticism. Alhaji Lai by his constant presence in the media helped promote the APC's popularity as a brand and to a large extent he argued that the APC would do better given the chance.
But on a closer look, the APC is suffering a growing reputation damage following the perceived high handedness of their governors in the South West who are now perceived as overbearing according to the latest poll by a study in Lagos and Osun states.
In Lagos, the governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola is a man of many supporters and admirers. He was able to follow the blue print left for him by his predecessor and improved on it. The number of projects being commissioned in Lagos is intimidating while the services systems have improved a bit. However, there is also a growing sense of unease and fear about the governor's party the APC.
Motorists and car owners in Lagos have bemoaned the method of law enforcement exercised by both LASTMA and VIO. Both organisations are alleged to be given financial targets which they must meet annually or face sanctions. This has resulted in the outfits apportioning fines running as high as 50 thousand Naira for driving with a recently broken side mirror. LASTMA in particular is perceived to be a profitable outfit for the Lagos state government and its officials are avoided by both commercial and private vehicles alike. Indeed, LASTMA's approval ratings have never been lower and has reached minus points as the outfit is seen as unhelpful to its original cause of traffic management.
The difficulty of obtaining the new drivers license is known. Yet, the VIO in Lagos would harass and embarrass anyone who does not have the new ones and in some cases cause delays running into hours to workers in both the private and public sector. These delays cause several economic losses which cannot be readily assessed. Market women on the other hand view the Kick Against Indiscipline group to be exploitative and having no real function at all. Also poor okada riders who upon the ban of motorcycles in some parts of the state resorted to driving three wheel trikes. The licenses for these trikes have since been stopped causing a speculation that the new APC governor if elected would ban trikes or Keke Marwa as they are known in Lagos.
Patients at the various public hospitals in Lagos are constantly afraid that another strike might resume with the doctors and the Lagos State Government constantly at loggerheads over one issue or the other. Students at the Lagos State University have had their school fees hiked and later reversed after much demonstrations. The protests that greeted the hike could have been avoided if the government had been a bit inclined to perceive its true reputation on the street.
With the Ekiti results going the way of the PDP much to the surprise of the APC who had expected a sure victory, there is need for the APC to reassess its profile and begin to present itself as a party with close ties to the people and most importantly with their interest at heart.
At the national level, the APC has supported the cause of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign after over 200 girls were abducted by the Boko Haram. The party has criticized president Goodluck Jonathan for failing to react to the saga until after 19 days and for failing to visit Borno state or Chibok since the incident. The party leaders have made much ado about this saga. Perhaps, one should ask: has the APC's leadership visited Chibok to offer moral support to the families, or community and demonstrate its ability to provide alternative methods of leadership. Rather than do that, the party has been all noise.
Curiously, there is also growing concern since the withdrawal from the APC ranks a once popular and perhaps prominent member in Femi Fani Kayode that the APC is a party to promote an Islamic cause. The eloquent lawyer and former minister has since labelled the party as one with Islamic interests. This concern is one of major challenge to Nigeria's fragile secularity. In Osun state where Governor Aregbesola's excesses includes an attempt to increase Islamic presence in the state with nearly every state sponsored billboard reading some Islamic messages or the other. With these leanings towards Islam, there is fear which has been expressed on the streets that some members of the APC are sympathizers of the Boko Haram sect and believe the terrorist organisation which has claimed thousands of lives and destroyed properties worth billions to be freedom fighters.
The general elections are only a few months away. The polity is already heated up to such great magnitude, a lot of Nigerians are apprehensive and indeed suspicious of the political class especially political parties. President Goodluck Jonathan's government boasts an improving economy which is in contrast with the growing unemployment in the country and decreased living standards, absence of power supply and worse is the growing insecurity. The APC is perceived to be Islamic leaning and have no intent of preserving Nigeria's secularity while in the states where it is in power, it is perceived as insensitive, oppressive and far from the people. The question now is: given that the big two are not looking good, what other alternatives are there to consider to give Nigeria a bit of hope going into the next four years? Nigeria: what political party now?
The All Progressives Congress or the APC for short began its march to fame on the charge of saving Nigeria from the exploitation of the ruling PDP. The party enjoyed some immediate success with some governors joining its fold from the PDP. Some honourable members of the House of Representatives also dropped their umbrellas for the APC's broom. Indeed, the PDP looked at the time to be a ship in troubled waters.
The party's publicity secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed made sure the government was constantly on its toes with incessant criticism. Alhaji Lai by his constant presence in the media helped promote the APC's popularity as a brand and to a large extent he argued that the APC would do better given the chance.
But on a closer look, the APC is suffering a growing reputation damage following the perceived high handedness of their governors in the South West who are now perceived as overbearing according to the latest poll by a study in Lagos and Osun states.
In Lagos, the governor, Babatunde Raji Fashola is a man of many supporters and admirers. He was able to follow the blue print left for him by his predecessor and improved on it. The number of projects being commissioned in Lagos is intimidating while the services systems have improved a bit. However, there is also a growing sense of unease and fear about the governor's party the APC.
Motorists and car owners in Lagos have bemoaned the method of law enforcement exercised by both LASTMA and VIO. Both organisations are alleged to be given financial targets which they must meet annually or face sanctions. This has resulted in the outfits apportioning fines running as high as 50 thousand Naira for driving with a recently broken side mirror. LASTMA in particular is perceived to be a profitable outfit for the Lagos state government and its officials are avoided by both commercial and private vehicles alike. Indeed, LASTMA's approval ratings have never been lower and has reached minus points as the outfit is seen as unhelpful to its original cause of traffic management.
The difficulty of obtaining the new drivers license is known. Yet, the VIO in Lagos would harass and embarrass anyone who does not have the new ones and in some cases cause delays running into hours to workers in both the private and public sector. These delays cause several economic losses which cannot be readily assessed. Market women on the other hand view the Kick Against Indiscipline group to be exploitative and having no real function at all. Also poor okada riders who upon the ban of motorcycles in some parts of the state resorted to driving three wheel trikes. The licenses for these trikes have since been stopped causing a speculation that the new APC governor if elected would ban trikes or Keke Marwa as they are known in Lagos.
Patients at the various public hospitals in Lagos are constantly afraid that another strike might resume with the doctors and the Lagos State Government constantly at loggerheads over one issue or the other. Students at the Lagos State University have had their school fees hiked and later reversed after much demonstrations. The protests that greeted the hike could have been avoided if the government had been a bit inclined to perceive its true reputation on the street.
With the Ekiti results going the way of the PDP much to the surprise of the APC who had expected a sure victory, there is need for the APC to reassess its profile and begin to present itself as a party with close ties to the people and most importantly with their interest at heart.
At the national level, the APC has supported the cause of the #BringBackOurGirls campaign after over 200 girls were abducted by the Boko Haram. The party has criticized president Goodluck Jonathan for failing to react to the saga until after 19 days and for failing to visit Borno state or Chibok since the incident. The party leaders have made much ado about this saga. Perhaps, one should ask: has the APC's leadership visited Chibok to offer moral support to the families, or community and demonstrate its ability to provide alternative methods of leadership. Rather than do that, the party has been all noise.
Curiously, there is also growing concern since the withdrawal from the APC ranks a once popular and perhaps prominent member in Femi Fani Kayode that the APC is a party to promote an Islamic cause. The eloquent lawyer and former minister has since labelled the party as one with Islamic interests. This concern is one of major challenge to Nigeria's fragile secularity. In Osun state where Governor Aregbesola's excesses includes an attempt to increase Islamic presence in the state with nearly every state sponsored billboard reading some Islamic messages or the other. With these leanings towards Islam, there is fear which has been expressed on the streets that some members of the APC are sympathizers of the Boko Haram sect and believe the terrorist organisation which has claimed thousands of lives and destroyed properties worth billions to be freedom fighters.
The general elections are only a few months away. The polity is already heated up to such great magnitude, a lot of Nigerians are apprehensive and indeed suspicious of the political class especially political parties. President Goodluck Jonathan's government boasts an improving economy which is in contrast with the growing unemployment in the country and decreased living standards, absence of power supply and worse is the growing insecurity. The APC is perceived to be Islamic leaning and have no intent of preserving Nigeria's secularity while in the states where it is in power, it is perceived as insensitive, oppressive and far from the people. The question now is: given that the big two are not looking good, what other alternatives are there to consider to give Nigeria a bit of hope going into the next four years? Nigeria: what political party now?
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