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SS3 Government

Nigerian People's Party and Great Nigerian People's Party

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00:02 Good day, everyone.

00:15 My name is Mrs. Patience Okolo.

00:18 I am your government teacher.

00:21 And the topic we have for today's lesson

00:26 is development of political party in Nigeria.

00:30 And the subtopic we have for today's lesson

00:34 is Nigerian people's party, NPP and great Nigerian people's party.

00:39 Now let us go to the lesson objectives.

00:50 At the end of today's lesson,

00:52 you should be able to choose the formation

00:55 of Nigerian people's party NPP.

00:59 You should be able to state the sources of finance for NPP.

01:03 You should be able to mention the performance

01:06 or achievements of NPP.

01:08 You should be able to choose the formation

01:11 of great Nigerian people's party GNPP.

01:15 You should be able to state the sources of finance for GNPP.

01:19 You should be able also to mention the aims

01:21 and objectives of great Nigerian people's party GNPP.

01:26 You should be able to mention the performance

01:29 or achievements of great Nigerian people's party GNPP.

01:34 This is the formation of Nigerian people's party.

01:39 How was this party formed NPP?

01:42 It was Al-Haji Ibrahim Waziri

01:47 who led the group of Nigerians

01:50 that formed the Nigerian people's party NPP.

01:55 All the members of the party,

01:57 we are Chief Adeniro Ugunsoyan,

02:00 who later became the chairman of the party.

02:05 We also have people like Chief Olu,

02:07 Akim Foshile, Chief Matthew T. Inbu,

02:11 Dr. Obi Wale, Chief Sam Inbapwe,

02:15 Chief Dominique Mubudu, Chief Solomon La Al-Haji Adu Ibrahim.

02:24 Chief Dr. Nam Desiki,

02:26 we later joined the party after his formation

02:29 and he became the leader and featured as NPP.

02:34 The leader and future of NPP was the majority of his members.

02:38 We are members of the first republic, N.C. N.C.

02:43 National Council for Nigerian citizens.

02:48 Then we have the organizational structure of NPP.

02:52 The NPP organized its members.

02:55 Niger people's party organized its members

02:57 at the following levels.

02:58 The world, the town, the district level

03:02 and the local government area.

03:05 This world, the level that is closer to the people

03:09 at the grassroots.

03:11 So each had an executive committee.

03:15 There were also state organizations

03:17 which each state having a consultative committee.

03:21 The executive committee, working committee,

03:24 the parliamentary council of the state conventions.

03:28 At the national level was the National Parliamentary Council

03:33 which was a caucus of the party's federal legislators

03:38 to coordinate the working of the members of the party

03:43 and the national assembly.

03:46 So there were also members.

03:49 They had National Executive Committee

03:52 and E.C. at the national level,

03:54 comprising the national officers

03:56 or state chairman, post-national chairman

04:01 and members holding key positions

04:04 in the federal legislatures.

04:06 So this were the organizational structure

04:09 of Nigerian people's party.

04:11 They also had support for the...

04:15 support from NPP was from the old Anambra Animu state

04:19 in the east and play to a venue state in the north.

04:26 This NPP also had an alliance.

04:29 They had an alliance with NPP and the ruling party

04:32 in the national assembly to facilitate

04:35 the sources of NPP and controlled federal government bills

04:39 in the houses.

04:40 Remember that these political parties

04:43 were among the second Republic political parties.

04:49 Let's all see the sources of finance

04:51 of Nigerian people's party.

04:53 The Nigerian people's party received their phones.

04:57 How they got their phone.

04:59 They received their phone from party registration.

05:01 Before any member can be,

05:03 before anybody can be a member of this party,

05:06 the person had to register with some amount of money.

05:08 From there, the party gets their source of funds.

05:12 Also, membership fees, they pay fees, they pay levies.

05:15 From there, they get their source of funds.

05:18 Against subscription of members and branches,

05:21 they also pay fees, members pay fees levies

05:25 to the political party.

05:26 They are by they get their source of funds.

05:28 Also, they can get proceeds from the entertainment,

05:32 donations, sale of public, publicity items.

05:35 They sell materials like the emblems,

05:38 they sell, party flag, and all that.

05:41 From there, they get their source of funds.

05:44 Also, there is another major area

05:47 that they get their source of funds,

05:49 which was allocations from the Fedeco Fedor Electoral Commission,

05:54 the lateral commission to the Fedor government,

05:56 give them a location from time to time.

05:59 From there, they get their source of funds.

06:02 Let's all see the aims and objectives

06:04 of Nigerian people's party.

06:06 Number one, to promote the unity of Nigeria.

06:10 They intend to promote the unity of Nigeria

06:14 and sustain her political and territorial sovereignty.

06:18 They notice that Nigeria is a country

06:22 that has diverse religions, diverse languages,

06:27 so they intend to bring unity irrespective

06:31 of the tribe or language or religion of a person.

06:36 So another aim and objective of this political party

06:39 is to work for full employment of Nigerian's mampar

06:43 and natural resources with a view

06:46 to building self-reliant economy.

06:48 This political party, they intend to work towards full employment

06:53 and also to build self-reliant of economy.

06:57 Again, to promote at all levels a quality of the people

07:02 in Nigeria without discrimination,

07:04 to make sure that people of the country, they are equal.

07:07 Irrespective of where the person is coming from,

07:10 irrespective of the tribe, the religion,

07:13 the language of the person, to make sure everybody is equal.

07:16 That is world or world, one of their aims and objectives,

07:21 including the description of national resources.

07:24 They believe that when all these things is being put in place,

07:27 there will be development in national resources.

07:31 Again, of their aim is to work towards a truly secular state.

07:36 This upholds democratic principles and fundamental human rights.

07:42 Also to work towards feeding a shelter in Nigeria's citizens of Nigeria.

07:48 That is another of their intentions, another of their aim,

07:51 to work towards feeding a shelter,

07:55 giving citizens of the country shelter,

07:58 making sure that people of the citizens of the country

08:02 are being fed well.

08:04 Again, to work for the integration and the quality

08:08 of the people of Nigeria.

08:10 To work towards what integration

08:12 trying to bring all the sections of the country together

08:16 as a one community, not minding your tribe,

08:21 not minding the state or region the person came from,

08:26 to bring integration and the quality of all people of Nigeria

08:30 without regard to ethnic or religious affliction.

08:35 So let us now see the performance and achievements of NPP,

08:38 Nigerian people's party.

08:39 What did they achieve during their time?

08:42 Number one, the party won gubernatorial elections

08:46 and controlled the three states of the federation.

08:50 The Imo, Anambra, Old Anambra and they played to state.

08:55 It was this party that controlled the Imo,

08:59 Anambra and play to state NPP.

09:02 Again, NPP contributed a lot to the successful experimentation

09:07 of presidential system of government.

09:11 They tried, in the secondary public,

09:14 to experiment the presidential success

09:17 of presidential system of government.

09:19 Again, of their achievement was that they contributed

09:23 in producing potential prominent politicians in Nigeria.

09:28 This NPP, Nigerian people's party tried a lot

09:32 to produce potential prominent politicians in Nigeria.

09:38 By signing a coalition accord with NPN,

09:41 the NPP saved the collapse of presidential system of government

09:45 at its early inception.

09:48 Also, the party also played opposition role successfully.

09:52 NPN being the ruling party.

09:54 They played the opposition role successfully at that time.

09:59 Now, let us move to the next party.

10:02 Great Nigerian people's party.

10:06 GNPP.

10:09 How was GNPP formed?

10:10 The deformation of GNPP.

10:12 This was formed also by Al-Haji Wa-Ziri Ibrahim.

10:16 He was the one that formed NPP.

10:19 He was also the one that formed GNPP.

10:24 Because of the problem that came up,

10:26 of who would be the party chairman and presidential candidate,

10:30 made him to leave NPP to form great Nigerian people's party.

10:36 He wanted to be the chairman of the party,

10:38 and at the same time be the presidential candidate.

10:41 When it was not allowed, he now went and established

10:47 a formed another political party called Great Nigerian People's Party.

10:54 This Al-Haji Wa-Ziri Ibrahim,

10:58 the author and advocate of politics without bitterness,

11:01 became the national leader and presidential candidate of GNPP.

11:06 He became the national leader, the founder,

11:10 and gained the presidential candidate of GNPP.

11:16 So let's also see the structural organization of Great Nigerian People's Party.

11:22 One, the party at the national level had the following organs.

11:26 One, the congress.

11:28 Two, the convention.

11:31 Three, the executive committee.

11:33 Four, the working committee.

11:36 Of all these, only the congress was not replicated at the state level.

11:41 We are in place of the convention, there was a conference.

11:46 Now let's also see the local government level.

11:50 There was the general meeting, the executive committee, the working committee.

11:56 At what or district level, which was the one that is closer to the people at the grassroots,

12:02 they had the general meeting, the executive committee.

12:06 The national congress was the supreme authority of the party at the national level.

12:11 It was the supreme authority of the party.

12:13 It was charged with the power of laying down the broad principles and guidelines

12:18 on which the party was drawn throughout the whole federation.

12:22 Membership of the national congress included all national and state officers.

12:27 Officers from all the states of the federation, the United States of the federation, and the national.

12:33 All party members at the national assembly, all party members who were state governors

12:39 or federal ministers, as well as representatives of the state, formed the national congress.

12:46 And the local party, all dance membership of the national executive committee included

12:53 all the national officers of the party, all federal ministers, all governors belonging

12:59 to the party and leaders of the party at the national assembly.

13:04 The national executive council carried out the decisions and directions of the party congress

13:12 and convention.

13:14 The national working committee was charged with the responsibility of carrying out the directives

13:20 of the neck proposing matters for its consideration.

13:24 Now, let's also see the sources of finance for great Nigerian people's party.

13:29 Number one is levies or was levies.

13:34 Members, they pay some levies that they used to finance or take care of the party.

13:39 Number two, membership subscription before anybody can join the party.

13:44 The person has to subscribe, it depends on the register as a member.

13:48 From so by so doing, they get the money that they used to finance the political party.

13:54 Donations from members and well wishes.

13:57 From time to time, they donate money to the party.

14:01 And from by so doing, the party, political party, get the source of finance.

14:07 Federal government allocation to the federal electoral commission, being the electoral commission

14:15 that took care of the election in the second republic.

14:21 They also gave the political party some allocations, some amounts of money that they used to finance

14:27 or take care of the political party.

14:29 Now, this is the aims and objectives of GNPP, great Nigerian people's party.

14:33 What they intend to achieve if elected into power, number one, to sustain the unity of Nigeria.

14:39 Nigerian being known as a country that had about 250 ethnic groups, diverse ethnic groups,

14:48 diverse religions, diverse languages, their needs for unity in Nigeria.

14:56 So that was why one of their aims was to bring unity to Nigeria, and the one to promote equality

15:03 of all people without regard for ethnic application, religion, and sex.

15:10 To make sure that all Nigerians are equal, irrespective of where the person is coming from,

15:15 irrespective of the region, irrespective of where the ethnic group that the person is coming

15:21 from, for everybody to be equal.

15:24 Again, of their aim or intention, if elected into power, was to pursue politics without bitterness,

15:32 to pursue politics without bitterness.

15:36 Another one, to pursue a dynamic foreign policy.

15:40 Again, of their aim was to promote better standard of living for all Nigerians.

15:46 They intend to provide, they intended to provide better standard of living for all Nigerians.

15:52 To work towards free and high quality education at all levels, and free and better held services.

15:59 This is also, or with this was also one of the aims and objectives of this political party.

16:05 Again, to fight relentlessly against poverty.

16:09 They intend to fight against poverty in Nigeria.

16:15 From these aims and objectives of this political party, let's all see what they achieved out of it.

16:22 Number one, the GNPP Great Nigerian People's Party won and control two states of the federation

16:29 that was Boronu and Gungola State.

16:34 Number two of the achievement was that it won eight senatorial seats and 44 seats in the

16:41 House of Representatives.

16:43 They won eight senatorial seats and 44 seats in the House of Representatives.

16:49 And another one, this Great Niger People's Party secured control of the House of Assembly.

16:55 They secured control of the House of Assembly in Gungola and Boronu State respectively.

17:03 We have come to the end of today's lesson, I want to ask you questions to assess yourself.

17:12 Number one, describe the organizational structure of NPP.

17:19 Number two, mention five achievements of NPP, Nigerian People's Party.

17:26 Number three, discuss the organizational structure of Nigerian People's Party.

17:33 Number four, outline five achievements of Great Nigerian People's Party.

17:42 Thanks for watching, I am Mrs. Pechens Okolo Till Next lesson.