Former Nigeria President, Goodluck Jonathan, has called on the National Assembly to expunge Section 84 from the Electoral Act, 2022.
Speaking at a book launch titled, “Political Party Governance” in Abuja, the former president said political parties should be allowed the freedom of nominating their candidates in any election.
He said the processes of nominating candidates by political parties are already enshrined in the country’s constitution, adding that the constitution superseded all other legislations.
He said: “The National Assembly can’t make laws and lock all political parties together. Parties have different ways of nominating candidates and the process is enshrined in their constitutions.
“Creating a situation where all parties must have the same way of selecting candidates is nonsense. Parties are not parastatals of government.
“The National Assembly can’t make laws to strangulate political parties. Section 84 should be expunged from the Electoral Act.”
