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JUST IN: Buhari Writes Reps On Why He Rejected Direct Primaries
JUST IN: Buhari Writes Reps On Why He Rejected Direct Primaries
President Muhammadu Buhari has written to the House of Representatives stating reasons why he declined assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
The reasons particularly relate to the provision for direct party primaries in the bill.
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The House Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, read the President’s letter on the floor, wherein the President enumerated a series of disadvantages of the system which he said include the manipulation by incumbent officeholders who seek reelections, as well as political parties’ inability to muster the funds to finance it.
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