Political Parties And Political Communication In Nigeria: A Case Study Of The People’s Democratic Party (pdp) 2011-2015.

The development of political parties in Nigeria dates back to the days of the struggle for political independence in 1920’s. In the pre-independence and the early post-independence periods, political parties in Nigeria were not ideologically based. Rather, they were regionally based and woven around individual politicians who they saw as their mentors (Aleyomi, 2013:283). In first republic, however parties were registered based on the exigencies of the time. This was the scenario until 1998; when the need arose for parties that could usher Nigeria into a new era of democracy after over thirty …