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Pastor Adewale Giwa Advocates for Direct Primaries, Criticizes Indirect System

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 11:00:19 +0000

Pastor Adewale Giwa, the Senior Pastor of Awaiting the Second Coming of Jesus Christ Ministry, has called for the adoption of direct primaries by political parties, citing it as the best mode for ensuring the emergence of better candidates. In a statement to newsmen in Akure, Ondo State capital, Pastor Giwa emphasized that direct primaries [...]

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Electoral Act: Nigeria Unprepared For Direct Primary In 2023 – IPAC Backs Buhari

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 20:30:45 +0000

The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has urged the National Assembly to remove clauses on direct primary election in the 2021 Electoral Amendment Bill. The inclusion is a major reason delaying assent to the bill by President Muhammadu Buhari. On Monday, IPAC said while many may not concede to the explanation of security challenges he posited, [...]

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Ekiti Governorship: Mode Of Primary Election Poses No Threat, Says Senator Opeyemi

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Tue, 14 Dec 2021 19:00:29 +0000

Senator representing Ekiti Central Senatorial district, Michael Bamidele Opeyemi, said on Monday that the proposed direct or indirect mode of primary election poses no threat to his governorship ambition. Opeyemi, who currently chairs Southern Governors Forum is a governorship hopeful in Ekiti 2022 election. He expressed confidence that direct or Indirect primary will not stop [...]

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Umahi Rejects Direct Primaries, Tasks NASS To Stop Action On Electoral Amendment Bill

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Thu, 09 Dec 2021 19:00:55 +0000

The chairman of the southeast governors’ forum and governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi on Thursday said Direct Primaries will truncate democracy in Nigeria. Umahi said this while addressing stakeholders and delegation of the National Examinations Council, NECO, during a courtesy visit. Umahi applauded President Muhammadu Buhari for refusing to assent to the electoral amendment [...]

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Direct Primaries Will give Nigerians Power To Elect Their Leaders, Curb Imposition Of Candidates – APC Chieftain, Adegoke

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:30:22 +0000

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo State, Chief Adegboyega Adegoke, has declared that introduction of direct primaries would give Nigerians the power to elect their leaders without fear or favour. Adegoke, who doubled as Bada Balogun of Ibadan land made this disclosure while participating in a political programme on an Ibadan-based [...]

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Presidential Aspirant Moghalu Backs Direct Primaries In Electoral Bill

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 20:30:24 +0000

Moghalu says Buhari should be considered an ‘enemy of democracy’ if he fails to sign the bill. 2023 presidential hopeful, Kingsley Moghalu, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill as a sign of good faith to citizens. A final version of the bill was passed last month by the [...]

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2023: Dino Melaye Counters PDP Govs On Direct Primaries, Gives Reasons

Ifeanyi Nwagboso — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 19:30:36 +0000

Dino Melaye a former senator in the 8th national assembly has countered some governors who are agitating for indirect primaries in the 2023 general elections. InfoStride News recalls that the Senate, after thorough deliberation by both chambers, recently passed the harmonized version of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2021 which allowed for direct primaries as [...]

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Court Verdict: Ojukaye’s Victory has ended Wike/Abe’s Conspiracy against Rivers People – Eze

Ade Adewale — Mon, 10 Sep 2018 16:07:24 +0000

...Describes the adoption of the Indirect Primaries by the Rivers APC as a masterstroke and the death knell to this devious plot The recent perpetual injunction granted by an Abuja High Court, affirming the Ojukaye Flag-Amachree as the undisputed chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state has been described as the end [...]

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