GODFATHERISM...

INTRODUCTION

Due to the overbearing influence of the political godfathers on political office seekers, the latter are robbed of their independence; thus they become mere surrogates and are conditioned in such a way that they become totally subservient to their godfathers.

We can apply asserts that godfatherism invasion of the polity is for the nomination of political candidate for the purpose of selfish gratification. It is a political slave trade or political sponsorship based on political manipulation with several evil agenda. The problem associated with the cancerous phenomenon is that the perpetrators are no less a people in the society. The paradox here is that these godfathers do not share the core defining attributes of God. Political parties lack the capacity to act contrary to the wishes and aspirations of these godfathers because they look up to them to bankroll their campaigns and to use their influences to see their candidates through elections. However, today we will be analyzing the influence of godfatherism on Nigerian politics and how it largely affect the youths and what the youths in this present dispensation can do to avert it..

Our Godfatherism aura has destroyed the process of democracy in Nigeria. What then is the simple highlight points of democracy?
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