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Reps Invite INEC Over Funding Challenge For Direct Primaries
Some members of the National Assembly have stated their willingness to approve a loan for the centralized to fund the election if the budget exceeds N500 billion, presumably to ensure that President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) signs the Electoral Act change bill, which includes the contentious mandatory direct primaries.
This comes after the House teased the independent National Electoral Commission about budget issues for direct primaries.
On November 9, 2021, the National Assembly passed legislation forcing all political parties to elect candidates through direct primaries.
The law was sent to the President on November 19, and the World Health Organization is expected to sign it or present it to the National Assembly by the end of the Gregorian calendar month nineteen.
They said that the President has addressed a letter to Prof. Mahmoud Yakubu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, asking response on the Some