Party primaries for 2023 general elections have come and gone but the indirect method used, is being criticised by federal lawmakers. TAIYE ODEWALE reports.
Meaning of Indirect Primaries
As stipulated in section 84(8) of the 2022 Electoral Act, any political party that adopts indirect primaries as option for emergence of its candidates for various positions in a general election, must elect Ad – hoc delegates who are to participate in congresses and convention meant for that purpose.
In the provision, the National Assembly that made the law wittingly or unwittingly, omitted statutory and special categories of delegates that had been participating in such elections and in the process narrowed the scope of participation of party members in an indirect or delegate mode of primaries.
Outcries after conducts
On Tuesday last week in Abuja during a one day public lecture on Democracy Day organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS), many of the…
