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Nigeria: Civil Society Organisations Identify Drafting Errors in Electoral Bill
Premium Times, 29 December 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari had declined assent to the bill on 21 December, citing insecurity and high cost of conducting direct primaries as reasons. Read more »
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Nigeria: CSOs Fault Malami's Claims, Say Direct Primaries Won't Gulp N10 Billion
Daily Trust, 29 December 2021
A coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs) has countered the claims of the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami that direct… Read more »
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Nigeria: Direct Primaries Will Be Financial Burden to Parties, Presidency Insists
Leadership, 28 December 2021
The presidency said yesterday that because of the huge financial burden associated with direct primaries, only the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) and the opposition… Read more »
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Nigeria: Electoral Bill - Why National Assembly May Not Override Buhari's Veto - Presidency
Premium Times, 27 December 2021
Mr Buhari, last week, declined assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 30 days after it was transmitted to him by the legislature on 19 November. Read more »
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Nigeria: Electoral Act Amendment Bill Will Worsen Insecurity, Political Instability - Malami
Premium Times, 27 December 2021
Mr Malami says the electoral bill had excessive cost implications, and hence would not be signed by the president. Read more »
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Nigeria: The President and the Electoral Bill 2021
Premium Times, 24 December 2021
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Nigeria: 'Professor' Muhammadu Buhari, the Political Scientist
Daily Trust, 27 December 2021
A Nigerian president is, by definition, a politician. In his letter to the National Assembly detailing his reasons for not assenting to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021,… Read more »
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Nigeria: We Have Capacity for Direct, Indirect Primaries - INEC
This Day, 2 December 2021
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has said it has capacity to monitor both the direct and the indirect mode of primary elections by political parties, but was… Read more »