Is Nigeria moving to one party system?
To improve the quality of democracy, competitive opposition parties challenge the dominant party and force its rulers to be more accountable to the citizenry. This also helps to fix the mistakes of the ruling party. Some countries have many political parties that exist, but only one that can by law be in control. This is called a one-party dominant state. In this case opposition parties against the dominant ruling party are allowed, but have no real chance of gaining power. For example, in China all power is vested in the Communist Party of China. Other parties are allowed to exist only if they accept the leading role of the Communist Party. In view of the above, those who are defecting from their parties to the national ruling party are doing so in order to gain the ruling partys undue advantage. This is because, beyond doubt, its clearly and evidently unambiguous that today in Nigeria, if you are not being a member of the ruling party while sharing power, you might not get chances of gaining some Federal Government favours. However, the way that the Nigerian power moulders are defecting from their political parties to the national ruling partythe APC makes it seem like we are going to start practising Chinas Communist party system. In a nutshell, if we honestly want our democratic system of governance to continue existing, we have to shun this one party system. Mallam Musbahu Magayaki,  Bauchi State. YOU SHOULD NOT MISS THESE HEADLINES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE  We Have Not Had Water Supply In Months  Abeokuta Residents  In spite of the huge investment in the water sector by the government and international organisations, water scarcity has grown to become a perennial nightmare for residents of Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital. This report x-rays the lives and experiences of residents in getting clean, potable and affordable water amidst the surge of COVID-19 cases in the stateIs Nigeria moving Is Nigeria moving  Selfies, video calls and Chinese documentaries: The things youll meet onboard Lagos-Ibadan train  The Lagos-Ibadan railway was inaugurated recently for a full paid operation by the Nigerian Railway Corporation after about a year of free test-run. Our reporter joined the train to and fro Lagos from Ibadan and tells his experience in this reportIs Nigeria moving Is Nigeria moving