The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cautioned political parties against frequent changes in primary election dates, as witnessed recently in Edo State. The Commission said the development is not only disruptive but costly.
INEC Chairman, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, issued the warning on Tuesday in Abuja at the first regular quarterly consultative meeting with political parties. He said ahead of the Ondo State governorship primary elections, which will commence on 6th April, 2024, the Commission cannot mobilise, demobilise and remobilise its officials for the monitoring of primaries at the convenience of the political parties.
Increasingly, the conduct of parallel primaries and the emergence of multiple candidates is a frequent occurrence. 'So too is the tendency to grant waivers to candidates who were a few days earlier card-carrying members of other political parties and nominating such persons to the Commission as their candidates for election. 'Some of these infractions lead to unnecessary litigations among party members in which the Commission is always joined as a party.
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