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“In the first place, that argument will fall flat because it means that decision was taken to promote personal interest against the oath of office that we have taken as members of the National Assembly.” Naija Newsreports that the National Assembly hasremoved the compulsory direct primary modefor the election of candidates in political parties from the electoral bill.
What it means is that it was never discussed or adopted by the committee of the House but that it came as an amendment allegedly because I don’t have the records, by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.” Na’Allah slammed Gbajabiamila for saying that the direct primary mode had become necessary in order to protect federal lawmakers from overbearing governors.
“The issue of direct primary came at the dying minute on the floor of the House of Representatives when they were considering the report of the committee of electoral matters.
The lawmaker stated that the Speaker’s argument showed that the inclusion of the direct primary mode was done for personal reasons..
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