HOW POPULAR ORGANIZATIONS ARE FORMED

HOW POPULAR ORGANIZATIONS ARE FORMED

Popular organizations are organizations that are open to public membership, and are essentially for public interest. Such organizations usually have large members and their number makes them influential both in the society and in government. Popular organizations are formed by first clearly defining its

There are lots of factors which necessitate the formation of popular organisations.some of them include:

a.     Through Ethnic Groups: some organisations like political parties and pressure groups emanated from ethnic groups.  E.g. the Northern People's Congress (NPC) metamorphosed from the northerns ethnic group known as Jam'iyyar Mutanen Arewa. That party was dominated by people with the same ethnicity. Also, the Odua People Congress  (OPC) can be linked to the ethnic groups of the Yoruba on its formation

b.    Through ideology:  Some political parties and pressure groups are formed based on different political ideologies or beliefs.  This kind of parties or pressure groups is called ideological parties. E.g.  Communist parties of Russia, Chinese socialist party etc.

c.     Through Constitution:   In some countries, it is the constitution that determines the kind of party or group to exist and also instructs how such parties will be run. Some countries constitution allows for zero party system, one party system etc.

Before popular organization is formed, it must first define its

i.            aims

ii.            target membership

iii.            creating awareness of the organization through the appropriate mass media

iv.            fathom efficient ways of achieving the goals