People's Democratic Party (Nigeria)
| People's Democratic Party | |
|---|---|
| Party leader | Adamu Mu'azu |
| Secretary General | Prof. Adewale Oladipo |
| founding | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Abuja |
| Alignment | Conservatism , economic liberalism |
| Website | People's Democratic Party |
The People's Democratic Party ( PDP ) is a political party in Nigeria that has ruled the country since the end of the military dictatorship in 1999. In the run-up to the parliamentary elections in Nigeria 2011 , serious internal disagreements occurred within the PDP. There are currently competing local and state associations of the party in several states . The national chairman of the PDP is Okwesilieze Nwodo .
In the Muslim north of Nigeria, the PDP is often viewed as a Christian party; The fact is that it draws its votes mainly from the Christian-dominated south. The PDP, which emerged personally and financially, among other things from the links between the former military bureaucracy and the country's financial aristocracy, is accused of widespread corruption. When in 2010 the anti-corruption authority EFCC (Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) called on the country's parties not to put up candidates for the planned elections in 2011, they supported this with a list of names that could include a. Ex-ministers, former provincial governors and incumbent MPs of the PDP found. The PDP also had to give in on several occasions to demands by the Nigerian electoral commission to preserve internal party democracy. In October 2010 the PDP was forced to hold party conferences in eight of the 36 Nigerian states.
history
The party was founded in August 1998 under the interim government of Abdulsalami Abubakar , who was to return Nigeria to a civilian government after the death of the military dictator Sani Abacha . In the Senate elections in February 1999 , she won 55 of the 109 seats. In the same year, she won the House of Representatives elections and the presidential candidate she nominated, Olusegun Obasanjo , a former military dictator who was not a founding member himself, was elected president in March 1999. In the last election, which took place on April 12, 2003, the party was able to occupy 76 Senate seats and 223 of the 360 House seats with 54.5% of the vote. On April 19, Obasanjo was directly elected president with 61.9% of the vote.
The 2003 elections were overshadowed by allegations of manipulation. The links between the PDP and Nigeria's military elite became particularly evident in the so-called Anambra crisis , when the newly elected governor of the state of Anambra , Ngige, was taken into police custody at the instigation of its main sponsor, Chief Uba, and was forced to resign afterwards he did not want to keep certain campaign promises to Uba. This crisis, as a result of which Obasanjo's claim to leadership was called into question within the party, gave rise to the party congress in November 2005, which aimed to restructure the party. In the run-up to the 2011 elections (see above) there was a de facto split in the party in some states and locations.
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- ↑ Suspicion in the pre-election campaign: Nigeria's explosive corruption list, taz article October 26, 2010, see also [1]
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from April 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Suspicion in the primary campaign: Nigeria's explosive corruption list, taz article October 26, 2010, see also [2]
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Presentation of own history by PDP (Eng.)
