The call was made by the national chairman of IPAC Engineer Yabagi Yusuf Sani at a meeting of national party chairmen with INEC on the FCT area council election held at the INEC headquarters, Abuja.
He said IPAC has persistently suggested at various forums that, the first rational step in the circumstance, is for the two apex legislative houses to immediately expunge from the Bill, the provisions that make it mandatory for political parties to use direct primary elections in the selection of their flag bearers in general elections.
Yusuf wants the president to thereafter, assent to the Bill without delay, stressing that, “our concern in the IPAC, is that failure to reach a compromise in the short run may invariably translate into the death of the other very crucial provisions, such as the provisions on the electronic transmission of election results.
In their review of the Bill before passage for presidential assent, IPAC also suggested that the National Assembly seizes the opportunity to look into the various aspects of the statute to ensure the eradication of grey areas on the basis of which the president had withheld his assent in the 2019 attempt at its amendment by the National Assembly.
“We at the IPAC are anticipating the emergence of an Electoral Act that will address among others, the lingering and fundamental issues relating to the legalization of Electronic Accreditation of Voters as well as, the transmission of election results; issues relating to substitution of candidates in the event of death in an election; a redefinition of what amounts to over-voting; early release of election funds to INEC; early commencement of campaigns by political parties and, the period that...
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