{"id":105526,"date":"2021-11-11T06:05:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T05:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=105526"},"modified":"2021-11-11T06:11:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T05:11:58","slug":"governors-are-not-afraid-yahaya-bello-speaks-on-direct-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/11\/governors-are-not-afraid-yahaya-bello-speaks-on-direct-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Governors are not afraid&#8217; &#8211; Yahaya Bello speaks on direct primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has stated that governors are not completely against the adoption of direct primary for political parties to select candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Direct primary entails that all party members would be involved in the selection of candidates, while the indirect mode requires the selection of delegates to elect candidates to represent the party.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that both chambers of the national assembly on Tuesday ap)proved the\u00a0conference committee report on the electoral act amendment bill, which recommends that all political parties must adopt the direct primary mode.<\/p>\n<p>The decision has elicited varied reactions, with stakeholders such as the Peoples Democratic Party kicking against the recommendation.<\/p>\n<p>A meeting of the tripartite committee of the All Progressives Congress <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/11\/09\/2023-dokpesi-leads-pdp-delegates-to-meet-lagos-apc-group\/\">(APC)<\/a>, on Tuesday, also failed to reach an agreement on if the ruling party will adopt direct primary.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Wednesday in an interview on Channels Television, Bello said the lawmakers should not make laws on the basis of sentiments without considering the situation of the country.<\/p>\n<p>He said the adoption of direct primary will lead to an increase in the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and frustrate small political parties that do not have the resources to organise direct primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn the issue of taking the party back to the people, the question is who took the party away from the people in the first place? Is it the legislature or the executive? I think the party remains with the people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe, as governors, I don\u2019t think anybody is afraid of direct primary. No governor, I can tell you \u2014 not APC, not PDP, not APGA; at least these are the parties that we have today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me tell you that I will always caution that whenever we are making laws or taking decisions, we should not base it on the impulse of the moment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not saying anybody is afraid of direct primary. The drafters of the party constitution, especially at it affects APC, envisaged that there could be a situation where one particular mode of primary may not be feasible, then you adopt another.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe drafters envisaged that there are issues like that where there will be options. If you now come up with a legislation and you say it must be one, what happens if a situation arises and congresses cannot be held or primary can\u2019t be held? And you are saying INEC must observe. What happens if such can\u2019t happen? It means there is no primary.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet there be options, because if we box ourselves into a corner because of certain perceptions and try to set the people against the party or against the government, we may be consumed at the end of the day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, governor Yahaya Bello, am not afraid of direct primary. In fact, if anything I will even prefer it. I\u2019m confident of my popularity and whoever is popular should go and test popularity at the polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether APC governor, PDP governor, any governor at all that is afraid of direct primary means he is not popular and I can assure you no governor is not popular in his state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in any case, I\u2019m telling you of the implication \u2014 let the general public not be set against the governors or against the government. We, governors, are all ready for direct primaries.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Governor of Kogi state, Yahaya Bello has stated that governors are not completely against the adoption of direct primary for political parties to select candidates. 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