Osoba Urges National Assembly to Reconvene

Former Ogun State governor and Chairman, Constitution Drafting Committee (CDC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Olusegun Osoba, has called on members of the National Assembly to quickly reconvene to ratify the budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and conclude work on the amendments to the electoral Act.

The APC chieftain also enjoined party members not to consider the introduction of direct primary in the selection of party candidates as an action targeted at anybody, it is a development that will guarantee victory for the party in elections.

Osoba who made these assertions during an interview with THISDAY in Lagos at the weekend, said the National Assembly leadership is left with no other choice than to reconvene in the interest of the country.

Describing the ongoing standoff between the executive and the leadership of the Senate as danger sign that is capable of rubbing off on the 2019 electoral process, Osoba said: “You can see that that there is danger ahead, but it is a danger we can easily overcome unless we don’t want to be sincere.”

THISDAY, August 20, 2018

 

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