Reaching a compromise or a truce is a positive outcome of a misunderstanding or argument. It is a way of “agreeing to disagree” or amicably resolving a matter that has long caused rifts, confusion, or stagnation to move a process forward.
If the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) 2021 Afro Barometer survey report is anything to go by, then we must admit that there is a dichotomy between the majority of the survey
participants who say they don’t want political parties in the districts (72% respondents) and the same majority who also say that the system has failed in serving the people and needs to be reformed (78% respondents); it has systemic failures, extreme poverty, lack of jobs, especially for the youth, corruption and poor public and civil service delivery, etc. Besides, poor infrastructure is still very rife, and the future looks even bleaker if nothing is done drastically to address the concerns of the people. We must reform the Local Governance System (LG) now!
