{"id":130393,"date":"2022-01-06T07:50:22","date_gmt":"2022-01-06T06:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=130393"},"modified":"2022-01-06T07:50:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-06T06:50:22","slug":"i-dont-believe-in-direct-primaries-buhari-says-slams-national-assembly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/01\/06\/i-dont-believe-in-direct-primaries-buhari-says-slams-national-assembly\/","title":{"rendered":"I Don&#8217;t Believe In Direct Primaries, Buhari Says, Slams National Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he doesn\u2019t believe in direct primaries in choosing candidates of various political parties for elections.<\/p>\n<p>He stated this during an exclusive interview with Channels Television, which was aired on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Buhari&#8217;s refusal to assent to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/10\/12\/breaking-senate-adopts-electronic-transmission-of-election-results\/\">Electoral Amendment Bill<\/a> has generated reactions from Nigerians and other stakeholders.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate had earlier threatened to override the President\u2019s veto before it backtracked.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on his rejection of the bill, Buhari stated that there should be options in choosing candidates for election.<\/p>\n<p>He said introducing only direct primaries was not democratic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t dictate to people and say you are doing democracy. 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