[The Conversation Africa] Nigeria's National Assembly has adopted legislation that allows direct primaries - where all party members and not just delegates will vote in political parties' primaries to choose candidates for elections. But President Muhammadu Buhari is yet to assent to the Electoral Act No. 6, 2010 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2021. Though the Independent National Electoral Commission has endorsed other aspects of the bill, it suggested that the president consult with political parties over the controversial direct
