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SUMMARY
Conclusively therefore, while political parties have made an important contribution as agents of democratization in Africa and Nigeria particular, with their numbers, roles and activities being enhanced yet their content and quality remain doubtful. These political parties are faced with organizational weaknesses, absence of internal democratic culture, poor financial resource mobilization and management and the lacked of articulate ideological views on development challenges that becomes a threat to the nascent democracy in the country.
The discussion above therefore, has given insight into the fact that the genesis of regional political parties in Nigeria which is traceable to the primordial structures in the country, and served as centripetal forces, that balkanized the country than it was met in January 1900 when the British formally took over its administration, led to the ruling political parties dominating their opponents through the abuse of state funds and resources. This resulted in widespread corruption and financial recklessness coupled with lack of an ideological base for economic development. And as a result of this, the parties are fluid and politicians move from one camp to the other easily where by polluting the whole system because these parties and the so-called elites instead of educating Nigerians on the good ideals of democracy, are preaching divisive ideas and creating tensions amongst different ethnic groups in the country and instead of positively engaging the youth into a meaningful venture the opposite happens to be the case. Youth are being used as political thugs and tools for elections, the aftermath consequences are wide spread criminal activities all over the country making the political environment conducive for Military interventions due to series of crisis both inter and intra among the political parties that led to so many people losing their lives.
