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Buhari Prefers Parties To Choose How To Select Candidates, Rejects Bill

President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2021, saying that it would be better to allow each political party to determine its mode of selecting candidates for election.

In a letter he sent to the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan today, December 20, explaining the reason for withholding his assent to the Bill, the President said that prevailing situation in the country would not allow him to sign the bill.

Among other reasons for rejecting the bill, the President said, including high cost of conducting direct primaries, the security challenge of monitoring the election, violation of citizens’ rights and marginalization of small political parties.

The President said that he had received informed advice from relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Government, and had also carefully reviewed the Bill in light of the current realities prevalent in the Federal Republic of Nigeria in the circumstances.

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