The organisation also attributed the growing internal crises within Nigeria’s political parties to weakened leadership structures and the increasing influence of powerful political figures over party organs.
The Peering Advocacy and Advancement Centre in Africa (PAACA) has accused political parties of undermining democratic standards through flawed primary elections, warning that weak internal electoral processes are contributing to Nigeria’s wider electoral credibility crisis.
The organisation also attributed the growing internal crises within Nigeria’s political parties to weakened leadership structures and the increasing influence of powerful political figures over party organs.
The Executive Director of PAACA, Ezenwa Nwagwu, who spoke with journalists in Abuja, said political parties have failed to uphold the same standards of transparency and accountability they demand from the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) during general elections.
According to him, political parties are themselves “electoral managers” because they conduct primary elections that produce candidates for public office, yet many of the processes observed across party structures fall short of accepted democratic principles.
