National Assembly should override Buhari on electoral bill – PDP Rep, Bagos - Punch Newspapers

A member of the Peoples Democratic Party representing Jos-South/Jos-East Federal Constituency in Plateau State at the House of Representatives, Dachung Bagos, tells LEKE BAIYEWU that the National Assembly should override the veto by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , on the Electoral Act BillPresident, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , declined assent to the Electoral Act Bill, particularly due to the restriction of political parties to direct primary.

First of all, I won’t agree with such reasons because the President was a beneficiary of the direct primary in 2019; we are all aware of that. If it were an indirect primary that had to do with delegates, possibly he might not have been the candidate of the All Progressives Congress. So, being a product of direct primary, he should support the people that believe in that mode.

Buhari cited economic, security, political and other reasons for not giving assent to the bill. Are these reasons not genuine? I won’t say they are totally genuine. When it comes to the cost of conducting the primaries, we just passed a budget of about N300bn for the Independent National Electoral Commission. Rumours had it then that it was going to cost INEC N500bn just to conduct direct primaries.

But the issue being raised is that for direct primary, all party members have to come out and converge at various places and this can expose them to security threats especially in volatile areas. Is the poll more important than safety?

Sounds good,but not with this present National Assembly, they dont have such guts

When APC got the majority. You know this request is dead on arrival. Nigerians will teach you guys a lesson soon

Yes oooo So that our vote can finally count

Is this electoral matter about Buhari or Nigerians life?

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