SS3 First Term Government Lesson Note – Development of Political Parties in Nigeria

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WEEK 1

TOPIC: DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA

CONTENT

• Nigeria National Democratic Party
• The Nigeria Youth Movement (NYM)
• National Council of Nigeria and Cameroon Citizen (NCNC)
• Origin of the political parties
• Organizational structures
• Sources of finance
• Objectives
• Performance

SUBTOPIC 1

DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA

• NIGERIA NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NNDP)

One of the unique features of political parties in Nigeria is that they originated from cultural and ethnic associations and the successive government in Nigeria adopts multi-party system.

ORIGIN OF NNDP

Nigerian National Democratic Party NNDP was founded by Herbert Macaulay. He was the leader of the party. The party was established on 24^th June 1923. The party was regarded as the First political party in Nigeria. The political campaigns and activities were aided by a newspaper called the Lagos Daily Newspaper in 1925. It acted as the organ of the party. The first president of the party was a Gambian born barrister, Egerton Shyngle, T.H. Jackson was it first honorary secretary while J.C Zizer was the first solicitor.

The party was Lagos based it had no branches in either part of the country. It was only national in name.

SOURCES OF FINANCE

The party was financed by the following:

1. Its leaders
2. Market women
3. Oba of Lagos.

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