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Political Parties Lack Ideologies - INEC Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has described the lack of ideology among the existing political parties as "a minus to national development." Zonal National Commissioner, Mr. Anuka Uchola, at a post-2003 elections workshop in Ilorin hinted that the absence of ideology has turned the political parties into a fragmented and weak platforms. Uchola in his welcome address pointed out that the process of a free, fair and credible election is a social contract between the political parties in the contest. He told the workshop comprising of stakeholders in the electoral process that political parties should see themselves as partners in progress "or that they serve as the other side of the same coin." "The electoral body, the organised civil society and the public are facilitators and masters in the game," he said. Uchola, who covers Kwara State stated that a situation where political parties "fight over everything is not democratic and certainly, not good enough to bring about development." He charged politicians to change their attitude and vision to national development by evolving a development-oriented political ideology. Uchola stressed the need to educate the electorate and charged government, political parties and civil society to invest in such process. In his keynote address to the workshop, the state Governor, Dr. Bukola Saraki, commended INEC on the post-mortem for the 2003 general elections and hoped that it will assist the electoral body to prepare adequately for 2007. He argued that the workshop would ensure avoidance of inherent pitfalls and "last minute rushing which had characterised previous polls." "We have no iota of doubt in our mind that with the proactive measures you are already taking, the 2007 general elections are bound to be even more credible and more successful," he noted. Saraki stated that the challenge ahead is for all Nigerians to brace up for the conduct of a free and fair election. Who Are We ? | About THISDAYOnLine.com | THISDAY People | Contact Us © Copyright 2000 Leaders & Company Limited

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