Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has today asked civil society organisations CSOs to pay close attention to the conduct of party primaries and not only the conduct of the general elections.
Speaking at the first quarterly meeting with Civil Society Organisations, Prof. Yakubu said close monitoring of party primaries will help eliminate vote buying as some aspirsnts openly boast of how much they get from aspirants.
He said: “I would like to urge civil society organisations to be as interested in party primaries as you are actively engaged in the monitoring of secondary elections conducted by INEC.
“Some of you have made actionable recommendations on how to curtail the menace which have been favourably considered by the Commission. It is time to cast your net wide by focusing on the incidence of delegate-buying by aspirants during primaries.
