Tag: Direct Party primaries

2023: Nigeria Not Mature For Direct Primaries – IPAC

Aminu Imam

The Inter-Party Advisory Council, (IPAC), has backed President Muhammadu Buhari for declining assent to the amended Electoral Act which compels parties to adopt direct primaries to produce candidates for general elections. The National Chairman of IPAC, Yabagi Sani, while briefing newsmen on Monday, said though the provision may appear to be beneficial, Nigeria is currently not ripe to adopt such, and also urged the National Assembly not to attempt to veto the decision of the President as it will be a fruitless exercise. The IPAC also called on the Legislature…

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Direct primaries: H/Reps invite INEC chairman over alleged ‘N500bn’ cost implications

Aminu Imam

The House of Representatives has invited the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, to clear the air on the cost implication of conducting direct primaries by political parties in the country. Yakubu is to appear before the House Committees on Appropriations and Electoral Matters to speak on the matter. The House resolution followed a motion of urgent public importance moved on Thursday in Abuja during plenary by the lawmaker representing Yagba-East/Yagba-West/Mopa-Muro federal constituency of Kogi State, Rep. Leke Abejide. It was unanimously endorsed at the…

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Direct Primaries: CSOs allay fears, rule out additional burden on INEC

Aminu Imam

Some civil society organisations, (CSO), Civil Society Partners on Electoral Reform, have said that Party direct primaries would not impose any additional burden on the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), beyond what the constitution has stipulated. The CSO, in an issued statement issued yesterday, in Abuja, by the Executive Director, ‘Adopt A Goal for Development Initiative’, Ariyo-Dare Atoye, and endorsed by other CSOs: ‘Centre for Liberty’, ‘Raising New Voices’, ‘Youth and Students Advocates for Development Initiative, (YSAD); NESSACTION; ‘The Nigerian Alliance’; ‘The Art and Civics Table‘ and ‘Speak Out Africa…

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