1. Some people participate in politics in order to actualize their self-dream in life.
2. People take part in politics for self-enrichment, especially in Nigeria where people see politics as an easy way to wealth accumulation.
3. People also participate in politics in order to satisfy their instinct as political animals.
4. People participate in politics in order to correct the seeming imbalance in the activities of government as it relates to equitable distribution of the Nation’s resources.
5. People participate in politics in order to be partakers in the decision-making process of their fatherland.
6. Some people participate in politics in order to immortalize their names in the nation’s history book.