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NDC anti-defection law: Political loyalty or coercion?, By Zainab Suleiman Okino

NDC anti-defection law: Political loyalty or coercion?, By Zainab Suleiman Okino

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Zainab Suleiman Okino writes about Sule Lamido and his new biography.

We need to make progress as a nation. We need institutional mechanisms that keep elected officials in check within one party, working for their constituencies and country. We need to stop political prostitutes and nomadic politicians from playing with mandates freely given. The NDC might have shown the way. Just when we thought we had […]

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