Ekweremadu canvasses early, staggered process of election primaries in Nigeria
Ekweremadu spoke on Wednesday during a webinar on “Electoral Reforms: National Assembly and the People’s Expectations”, organised by the Centre for Liberty in conjunction with the Open Society Initiative for West Africa, OSIWA.
“In the United States of America , presidential primaries begin about twelve months to the election, climaxing in the convention, where an already known candidate is affirmed.“In Ghana, there is no stipulated time frame for the nomination of candidates in the country’s electoral laws.
“The election management body and the political parties will also have enough time to prepare for the election, while the electorate will have enough time to interrogate the manifestos of the political parties and suitability of every individual candidate”, he said.Ekweremadu also explained that direct and staggered primary elections would compel aspirants to campaign at the grassroots for the support of every party member.
The Senator, while expressing his disappointment over the denial of presidential assent to critical electoral reforms by the National Assembly, was also displeased that many of the successful reforms were continually observed in the breach.
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