Nigeria Today 19/07/2018: Direct Primary Elections

A FEW DAYS AGO, ONE OF THE POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA ANNOUNCED ITS DECISION TO ADOPT DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTIONS RATHER THAN RUN WITH THE TRADITIONAL DELEGATE SYSTEM THAT HAS CHARACTERIZED THE NIGERIAN ELECTORAL PROCESS OVER THE YEARS. THIS DECISION SEEMS TO BE DOMINATING DISCUSSIONS ON THE DIFFERENT POLITICAL PLATFORMS IN THE COUNTRY, PROMPTING SOME NIGERIANS TO WONDER WHAT THE TERM DIRECT PRIMARIES REALLY MEANS AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON PARTY POLITICS IN NIGERIA. THE DECISION BY THE ALL PROGESSIVES CONGRESS APC TO ADOPT DIRECT PRIMARIES IN OSUN STATE, TO SELECT THE PARTY’S CANDIDATE FOR THE GOVERNORSHIP ELECTION HAS TOUCHED ON THE FAMED UNITY OF THE PARTY, WITH HIGH PROFILE MEMBERS OF THE PARTY OPENLY TAKING POSITIONS AGAINST THE DECISION OF THE PARTY LEADERS. NOW WHAT IS DIRECT PRIMARY? WHAT ARE THE VARIOUS ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST IT? AND WHY HAS THE RULING PARTY CHOSE TO US IT IN OSUN? WE’LL ATTEMP TO GET YOU ANSWERS TO THESE AND MANY MORE QUESTIONS, ON THE PROGRAM. THIS IS NIGERIA TODAY. Please subscribe to our channel for more interesting videos:    / ntanews24hub