Nigeria Needs a Two Party System - Atiku
Posted by Jenson Okereke on October 30th 2009

Former Vice President, Atiku Abubarka
As the coalition of opposition forces in Nigeria regroup, under a new framework: National Democratic Initiative, which is to metamorphose into a big political party – with the aim of wresting power from the PDP – embattled former vice president, Atiku Abubarka says, Nigeria multi-party system is a farce.
In the view of Atiku, “Multiple parties have led us in two unwholesome but related directions. One is that one of the parties becomes so dominant and intoxicated with power and arrogance that brings the country to the brink of complete collapse. The other, which is often the consequence of the former, is that some other parties recoil to become regional parties which exacerbate our regional, ethnic and religious differences. Both of these are dangerous for this country” he said. Atiku therefore recommends a two party system for the nation.
Meanwhile, the former vice president also explained that the coalition is a patriotic nationalists, true democrats and reformers “who share a belief in good governance, social justice and rule of law.”
During the meeting of the coalition recently in Abuja, its leader, the former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari, said that the coalition was on a rescue mission that would bring the desired change to the country. He however, warned that change by its nature does not just happen by itself, but has to be brought about. The coalition is expected to set up two committees to mobilize groups with similar aims and objectives to harmonize various positions