Only oppositions to FG’re on social media; political parties scared – Pat Utomi

By Esther Onyegbula

Political economist, and activist, Professor Pat Utomi has said that governmental parties person mislaid their voices. He said the lone beardown absorption to the Federal Government are fewer voices connected societal media.

Professor Utomi said this astatine the David Oladipo Leadership Roundtable themed “Nigeria and Opposition Politics” connected Tuesday, successful Lagos.

At the event, the convener, Dr. David Oladipo, said Nigeria was failing to get worth for ideology due to the fact that absorption parties had go excessively anemic to supply viable alternatives to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

He argued that absorption parties had abandoned rigorous intelligence work, reducing their relevance successful governance debates.

“Opposition is not conscionable astir shouting. It requires designing policies, proposing solutions and putting guardant ideas that tin compel the ruling enactment to act,” helium said.

Utomi

Also speaking, Professor Utomi lamented that astir absorption parties had mislaid their voices owed to fearfulness of persecution and interior crises.

He was represented by Dr. Chidi Okpaluba, President of the Centre for Africa Renaissance, Reformation and Development.

“The lone beardown absorption we person contiguous is simply a fewer progressive citizens connected societal media. Outside that, nary governmental enactment is challenging this government,” Utomi said.

He faulted the soundlessness of absorption parties connected electoral reforms and law violations.

The student and person noted that “if the electoral strategy is not reformed, absorption parties cannot triumph elections successful Nigeria.”

Participants astatine the roundtable agreed that the lack of a credible absorption poses a large menace to Nigeria’s antiauthoritarian survival.

They warned that without betterment and collaboration, the state risks sliding into a one-party state.

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