THE 5 STRATEGIES FOR PARTY-LEVEL ELECTORAL SUCCESS IN NIGERIA
THE 5 STRATEGIES FOR PARTY-LEVEL ELECTORAL SUCCESS IN NIGERIA Many Nigerians in public and private sectors are desirous of venturing into politics to contribute their quota to the development of their respective states and the country. This desire begs the questions: how does one get into politics and more importantly, how does one succeed in it? Success here means realising one’s political aspirations which may be ward chairman, councilor, local government chairman, state lawmaker, federal lawmaker, governor, president etc. To get any of the aforementioned political offices, anyone with such an ambition must join a political party and secure a ticket because the Nigerian Constitution makes no room for independent candidacy. By obtaining a political party’s ticket which is intra-party success in one breadth, a politician is well-positioned to actualize his/her ambition in the general election. This article seeks to x-ray strategies for achieving intra-party success which provides the g