Political parties and freedom of the press

Civic Education SS1 Second Term

Week 7

Political parties and freedom of the press

Performance objectives

The student should be able to:

1. Meaning/definition of a political party and freedom of the press

2. Types of political parties

3. Explain the press freedom and benefits.

Content

A political party is an organized group of people with a similar ideology working together with the aim of winning an election into political office.

Nigeria has many political parties among which are:

1. All Progressive Congress (APC)

2. Labor Party (LP),

3. People Democratic Party (PDP)

4. Action Democratic Party (ADP)

5. All Nigeria people’s party (ANPP)

Press freedom

The free press is otherwise known as press freedom. This is the situation…