The Socialist Party of Nigeria (SPN) has accused the frontrunners in
the 9 August governorship election in Osun state of ‘stomach
infrastructure’ type of campaign.
The party claims that the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are
inducing voters with money, rice, milk and kerosene, a phenomenon known in Nigeria as ‘stomach infrastructure’.
“This ridiculous act of inducing poor
voters with basic things like rice, milk, kerosene, etc, now referred
to as Stomach Infrastructure has again underscored the low level
governance in this country,” SPN said in a statement signed by Alfred
Adegoke Kola Ibrahim, the party’s secretary in Osun.
SPN said it
was worried that the two main parties associated with “this unwholesome
act – APC and PDP – are both ruling political parties at the state and
federal levels.”
“These same political parties have introduced anti-poor policies that deny the same mass of people the right to better living conditions without depending on handouts from politicians.
