The National Chairman of IPAC, Yabagi Sani, gave the advice at a news conference he addressed on Monday in Abuja.
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The Chairman, Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission, Kabiru Gaya, revealed this on Thursday
In 2019, the Director-General, Progressives Governors’ Forum, Salihu Lukman, supported direct primaries for selecting parties’ candidates
The Speaker offered the explanation when he hosted some youths who visited him on the development in the political space.
The group made the call in a communique signed by its national spokesperson, Olayinka Ajayi; National Secretary, Abdullahi Dalhatu; and Coordinator, Okoye Ikechukwu, in Abuja on Wednesday.
Obaseki said this through his Senior Special Assistant on New media, Jack Obinyan, on Friday.
The Bayelsa State High Court on Wednesday granted an order restraining the National Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress from adopting direct primaries in selecting the party’s flag-bearer for the November 16 governorship election in the state.
Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi on Saturday refuted speculations that he was jittery over the decision of the National Executive of the All Progressives Congress to conduct direct primaries in the state.
The African Democratic Congress has adopted direct primaries for nomination of its candidates for the 2019 general elections.
Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima, says it will be difficult to conduct direct primaries in the state because of its peculiar security situation.
All Progressives Congress members from Lokoja-Kogi Federal Constituency on Wednesday called on the National leadership of the party to adopt direct party primaries in electing its candidates for the 2019 General Elections.
The All Progressive Congress in Kano State has endorsed direct primaries in selecting candidates for the 2019 general elections.
The National Rescue Movement, a registered political party, has said that it would adopt direct primaries to elect its flag bearers in the 2019 general elections.
This information runs contrary to the earlier position given after the NEC meeting on Thursday
Sani, in a statement on Friday in Abuja, said that direct primaries would minimise the influence of money in deciding flag bearers.