{"id":731461,"date":"2019-10-25T18:09:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/10\/25\/nigerias-political-circle-is-an-old-mens-club-us-diplomat\/"},"modified":"2019-10-25T18:09:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-25T18:09:00","slug":"nigerias-political-circle-is-an-old-mens-club-us-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/10\/25\/nigerias-political-circle-is-an-old-mens-club-us-diplomat\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria&#8217;s Political Circle Is An Old Men&#8217;s Club: Us Diplomat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_718508\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-718508\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-718508\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/r-5-300x169.png\" alt=\"Linda Thomas-Greenfield\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-718508\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Thomas-Greenfield<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a United States diplomat, has described Nigeria\u2019s politics as old men\u2019s club with gentleman agreement on the principle of rotation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0<\/strong>Pay Us Our Bursary Before Elections, Kogi Students Tell Yahaya Bello<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Tuesday at \u201920 Years of Democracy: a Retrospect\u2019, a programme organised by National Endowment for Democracy (NED) in partnership with Ford Foundation and YIAGA Africa, she further predicted that the next election in the country would be more challenging because of a gentleman\u2019s agreement to rotate power.<\/p>\n<p>She said: \u201cNigeria\u2019s politics is an old men\u2019s club. There is also a gentleman\u2019s agreement to rotate power between the north and the south,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe next election will be a challenging one because of a gentleman\u2019s agreement to rotate power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linda Thomas-Greenfield Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a United States diplomat, has described Nigeria\u2019s politics as old men\u2019s club with gentleman agreement on the principle of rotation. 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