WHAT DOES PARTY HAS TO DO WITH TRADITIONS ? Patrick Ekong In a ludicrous manner, political party membership has become a criteria for nearly every traditional position in Akwa Ibom State and some other state in Nigeria. It is very disheartening how our elders and youths have decided to be mislead by party politics that is seasonal with the traditions of their forefathers. They have forgotten that party is build on the society and not the society on the party. They have forgotten that several political parties have gone to extinction since the birth of democracy in Nigeria. How then do we as people allow party sentiment to swallow our conscience and blind us from the truth about traditions which is what define who we are? How then do the elders and youths defy traditions just to get political gratifications? So many peaceful communities has been set ablaze in consuming fire of defying the traditions of the people in the name of party politics. My village a...
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