Get Guardian on GoogleAn aspirant for Ondo North Senatorial seat, under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Alex Ajipe, yesterday, described the direct primary mode as the most credible system for political parties to select their standard bearers.
He stated this at the Ondo State Radiovision Corporation (OSRC/Orange FM) in Akure, the state capital, during a platform tagged ‘The Circuit.’
The APC aspirant, while speaking on the topic “Scaling the Hurdles of Bad Governance through Qualitative Representation,” maintained that direct primaries, when properly conducted, offer a cost-effective and transparent pathway for party members to exercise their franchise.
He emphasised that the ideal primary election would allow party members to simply queue behind their preferred candidate, with officials counting them manually and recording the figures transparently.
Ajipe, however, frowned on what he described as the prevailing political culture in Ondo State, where federal appointees and legislators allegedly form cliques to oppose incumbent governors in pursuit of their personal political ambitions.
He called for an end to such antagonism, urging political appointees, particularly those at the federal level, to unite with the governor in delivering democratic dividends to the people.
In her remark, Chairman, Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) OSRC/Orange FM Chapel, Odunayo Sawyerr, stated that bad governance in Nigeria constitutes obstacles like corruption, which undermines public confidence and impedes advancement with citizens confronted with development challenges.
On their part, the Director-General, OSRC Media Group, Kenneth Odusola Stevenson, and the Director, News and Current Affairs, Taiwo Ibitoye, commended the topic as apt, emphasising that qualitative representation flourishes when the media insists on transparency and unearths malfeasance.
