President Muhammadu Buhari has declared his intention to sign the Electoral Bill if changes are made to give options to indirect primaries.
The President stated this in an interview with Channels TV on Wednesday.
This comes after he defended its decision last month to not sign the Electoral Bill, stating that the Amended bill had legal, financial, economic and security consequences for Nigerians.
What President Buhari said
The President said that there must be options for primaries, as he stated, “We must not insist that it has to be direct; it should be consensus and indirect.
“There should be options, you can’t dictate to people and say you are doing democracy. Give them other options so they can make a choice.”
He added that he does not support direct primaries because he wants people to be given a choice, citing that the masses can’t be given only one option which he says is not democratic and urged for 3 options creating a proper consensus.
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Recall Nairametrics reported last month that the Presidency stated that the economic consequences of signing such a bill, come at a time Nigeria is facing the worst global health crisis in human history.
After President’s Buhari decision to not assent the Electoral Bill, citing issues related to primaries and insecurity, some senators have started compiling signatories to veto the President’ decision.
The Nigerian Senate has stated that it will wait for the House of Representatives to resume before taking an official decision on the President’s refusal to assent to the Electoral Bill.
