Giving ‘direct primaries’ a chance
IN passing the contentious Electoral Act Amendment Bill, the National Assembly took two decisions which have gone down well with the people as they will promote our democratic practice and enhance the search for better quality leaders, especially in the 2023 general elections. The first of these is restoring the power of the Independent National […]
Delta APC: Emerhor faults faction’s reason for rejecting direct primaries
The All Progressives Congress, APC, governorship candidate for Delta state in 2015, O’tega Emerhor, has reacted to the purported adoption of indirect primaries for the election of governorship and all other candidates in Delta State at a recent meeting of the Jones Erue, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege and Chief Great Ogboru led faction of the APC at Asaba, describing the reasons proffered as mischievous and self serving.
Direct primaries : We won’t accept regional imperialism in APC – Marwa, Salihu
Ahead of today’s National Executive Committee, NEC, meeting of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, some leaders of the party from the North have kicked against the adoption of direct primaries for the party’s presidential primary.
Direct Primaries: How far can a candidate go in buying votes?
Nigeria’s rising cost of politics have for several years become a source of concern with the 2015 general elections reported in some quarters to have gulped over N1 trillion.
