Development of political parties in Nigeria(NNDP and NYM)
Term: 1st Term
Week: 6
Class: Senior Secondary School 3
Age: 17 years
Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each
Date:
Subject: Government
Topic:- Development of political parties in Nigeria(NNDP and NYM)
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures
INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES
PERIOD 1-2
PRESENTATION |
TEACHER’S ACTIVITY |
STUDENT’S ACTIVITY |
STEP 1 INTRODUCTION |
The teacher reviews the previous lesson on Inter-ethnic rivalry and issues on the creation of states |
Students pay attention |
STEP 2 EXPLANATION |
He explores the origin of political parties. He discusses the objectives, organizational structure, sources of finance and performance/achievements of NNDP |
Students pay attention and participates |
STEP 3 DEMONSTRATION |
He discusses the objectives, organizational structure, sources of finance and performance/achievements of NYM |
Students pay attention and participate |
STEP 4 NOTE TAKING |
The teacher writes a summarized note on the board |
The students copy the note in their books |
NOTE
DEVELOPMENT OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA(NNDP and NYM)
NIGERIA NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY (NNDP)
One of the unique features of political parties in Nigeria is that they originated from cultural and ethnic associations and the successive government in Nigeria adopts multi-party system.
ORIGIN OF NNDP
Nigerian National Democratic Party NNDP was founded by Herbert Macaulay. He was the leader of the party. The party was established on 24th June 1923. The party was regarded as the First political party in Nigeria. The political campaigns and activities were aided by a newspaper called the Lagos Daily Newspaper in 1925. It acted as the organ of the party. The first president of the party was a Gambian born barrister, Egerton Shyngle, T.H. Jackson was it first honorary secretary while J.C Zizer was the first solicitor.
The party was Lagos based it had no branches in either part of the country. It was only national in name.
SOURCES OF FINANCE
The party was financed by the following:
OBJECTIVES OF NNDP
PERFORMANCE / ACHIEVEMENT OF NNDP
THE NIGERIAN YOUTH MOVEMENT (NYM)
NYM was formed by Lagos nationalist led by Ernest Ikoli, H.O Davies, Dr. J.C Vaughan and Samuel Akinsanya in 1934. The party was first called Lagos Youth Movement by 1936 other Nigerian from other parts then changed to Nigerian Youth Movement. The movement acquired national outlook as other prominent Nigerians joined from other part of Nigeria for example Dr Nnamdi Azikiwe. It was the first authentic Nigeria nationalist movement.
OBJECTIVES OF NYM
ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE OF NYM
SOURCES OF FINANCE
The party was financed through:
PERFORMANCE / ACHIEVEMENTS
EVALUATION: 1. Discuss the origin, organizational structure, sources of finance and performance/achievements of
CLASSWORK: As in evaluation
CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively