Speaker of the house of representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila says adoption of direct primaries for political parties will give youths a fair chance to contest for political positions.
The national assembly, last week, approved the conference committee report on the electoral act amendment bill, which seeks to mandate political parties to use the direct primary mode in selecting candidates.
Speaking on Saturday at the 2021 Universal Children’s Day celebration in Abuja, Gbajabiamila said: “Our position in the ninth house of representatives is that everyone must have equal opportunities to participate in governance and the democratic process,”
“Our young people must have a seat at the high table and we must create the enabling environment for them to be in leadership such that a young man with bold ideas can come out to vie for any position, be it legislator, governor or any other office. That can only be achieved through direct primaries, which will give a fair chance to the youth of this country to be involved in governance.”
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