Vice President, Namadi Sambo, yesterday, declared that democracy cannot survive without strong political parties.
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He stated this at the commissioning of the Political Party Leadership and Development Centre of the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, NIPPS, Kuru, Plateau State.
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Represented by the Special Adviser, Political Matters in his office, Senator Isaiah Balat, Sambo said, although the tendency has been to pay more attention to governmental bodies and civic institutions, political parties actually oil the democratic wheel.
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Sambo said: "More concern is often shown to the establishment of governmental bodies and civic organisation, while little attention is paid to the development of strong political parties.
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Although both of the civil societies and other government bodies are important in every nation but without strong and dynamic political parties democracy cannot survive in the long run."
I agree with that fact because it's true. Democracy can actually function in this country if things are done the right way....