Bilkisu Yunusa, 25, Digital Content creator, Kaduna

Nigeria is in a democratic setting that allows for freedom of conscience and allows one to belong to any party. Every political party wants to be relevant in the polity, so luring bigwigs into their party is what they do. We all know that politics is about the fight for political resources to further one’s cause. That is why a multi-party system of governance is always advocated in a democracy. Though a political party should have an ideology which is its bedrock of existence, in Nigeria, most political parties do not have a clear-cut ideology rather political parties are seen as a means to power and in the long run, the objective of governance is defeated since the rise to power is not guided by a definite principle. Most political actors in Nigeria are after their pocket instead of serving the nation, that is why we have issues of leaving one party for the other when the situation does not suit them. These actions will further sink the country into bad governance if the aim to attain power is merely for the interest of those who wield the power.