The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC says it has very little role to play in the conduct of direct primaries by political parties for selecting their candidates for elections.
The Chairman of the commission Yakubu Mahmood, said this when he met with members of the House of Representatives Committee on Appropriation in Abuja.
The Chairman of the committee, Mukhtar Batera made this known when he addressed newsmen shortly after the closed door meeting in Abuja.
The meeting following a resolution of the House mandating the committee to interface with INEC on the cost implication of direct primaries by political parties as contained in the 2021 Electoral Act Amendment Bill.
Batera said that Mahmood told the lawmakers that the conduct and funding of primaries were basically the function of the political parties and not the umpire.
Batera quoted Mahmood as saying that INEC was not interested in evaluating the cost of primaries because it was not part of its functions.
