What the ANC in South Africa and the PDP in Nigeria Have in Common

 What the ANC in South Africa and the PDP in Nigeria Have in Common 


“In 1912, after the British handed over power to the white minority, the kings and commoners from all over Southern Africa, came together to form the African National Congress—the oldest national liberation movement in black Africa and one of the greatest liberation movements in the modern world”.—Maitama Sule observed. The sudden death of General Sani Abacha, which was highly tragic, made the most senior military officer, General Abdulsalam Abubakar, anxious to hand over knowing in full the anti-military storm that his predecessor had elicited. The single most significant party that eventually came into being was People’s Democratic Party (PDP)—a party that had remained the increasingly ruling party for 16 years until 2015 with the election of APC into power. 


In the light of what many Nigerians are seeing now under APC, it is becoming abundantly clear that PDP must have done more good than harm. You can fact-check me, the national development that Nigeria has witnessed under PDP is overwhelmingly much more obvious and impactful in its first 5 years in power than what APC has been able to achieve for the past 8 years. And you have serious economic recessions in the early 2000s, as well as 2008. 


South Africans have been wanting to unseat ANC, particularly with the emergence of people like Malema. South Africans under ANC have got black people with businesses now, huge corporations—something they never sensed during the apartheid regime. In the beginning of ANC, more than 7 million people were removed out of poverty. Why would South Africans take these for granted? Most Black South Africans live better than some Americans. It’s true there still people who need to be taken care of. South Africans spend more money than any other African now. 


What the PDP and the ANC lack now is ‘propaganda machine’ to highlight the extremely impressive and amazing things they have done. Until PDP creates a strong propaganda mechanism, the ruling party will continue to maintain its position. And the fact is history has demonstrated that as long as there is a strong opposition, propaganda, ruling party always tends to rectify and adjust some of its anti-people policies. 


I’m not a member of any political party. I vote wisely. I advocate for a sustainable future for all Nigerians. My job is to create pressure. #nigeriafirst.


Mu’az Ahmad; Foreign Affairs Analyst

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