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Buhari Backs Direct Party Primaries - Gbajabiamila

[This Day] Abuja -- Governors lobbying President Muhammadu Buhari not to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill may have lost out in the equation going by the disclosure from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, yesterday, that the president was in support of direct primaries for political parties to produce candidates for elections. Via AllAfrica News: Nigeria https://ift.tt/2yErvHN

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