Former INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega
EKO HOT BLOG reports that former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Attahiru Jega, says the country will be better off with a new electoral law ahead of the 2023 general elections.
Jega made this statement while speaking at a town hall meeting organized by Yiaga Africa on Sunday, saying it is necessary that the country goes into the 2023 polls with a new electoral law.
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He stated that the electoral bill contains quite a lot of good interventions and the issue of direct or indirect primaries should not be made to deter the electoral process.
Jega, however, lamented that direct primaries may also be problematic because of the loopholes within the system.
He said: “I think that this country will be better off with a new electoral law which will enhance the preparation and conduct of the election.
“Since 2010, we haven’t had a substantive legal framework for elections. We must ensure that this bill becomes law. It is very important that we have a legal framework, it will improve the integrity of the conduct of the election.
“We need to interrogate these things. If we must do direct primaries, we must do it well. Which political party in Nigeria today has a clear party register to conduct direct primaries? Let us not leave one problem and run into another one.
“If we proceed to do it (direct primaries) the way we are doing it, we will create more problems.”
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