Nigeria: Atiku Cautions Against Making Legislators NEC Members

12 November 2010

Abuja — Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party and former vice-president Atiku Abubakar has cautioned the members of the National Assembly over their plan to make themselves automatic members of their respective party's National Executive Committee in the proposed amendment to the Electoral Act.

Also, another presidential aspirant on the platform of PDP and governor of Kwara state, Dr. Bukola Saraki has called on the leadership of the party to come up with a code of conduct for its presidential aspirants in the forthcoming party primary.

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