Electoral Bill: Why We Won’t Fund Party Primaries – INEC

The Independent National Electoral Commission has explained why it will not fund party primaries.

Muktar Batera, the Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, made this known to journalists after a meeting with Mahmood Yakubu, the electoral umpire Chairman, on Thursday in Abuja.

According to Mr Batera: “In our discussions with the INEC Chairman, we wanted to know his requirements for the 2023 elections as well as the cost of direct or indirect primaries.

“On the primaries, when we discussed with him, he specifically told us the role of INEC in direct or indirect primaries which he said is just minimal. He said the responsibility lies with all the political parties. He said conducting primaries is the role of political parties and not INEC.

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“For direct primaries, what the INEC Chairman told us is that only the political parties have the responsibility on primaries and the funding of the primaries,”