By-elections: Youth Party Adopts e-Voting For Primaries

The Youth Party (YP) has revealed that it would adopt the e-voting method to conduct its forthcoming primaries for the by-elections into vacant positions in the national and state houses of assembly.

The Party, which made this known in a press statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Ayodele Adio, said that a fail-proof system has been put in place to ensure that there would be no systems failure on the day of the primaries.

Adio added that interested aspirants between the age of 25 to 40; female aspirants; and, Persons With Disabilities (PWD) would be allowed to pay 50 per cent of the prescribed nomination fee.

In the timetable and schedule of activities the Party also fixed December 27, 2023, to January 4, 2024, for the sales of nomination and expression of interest forms.

The Party stated that voting would be carried out online and by Short Message Service, SMS, and would be monitored by candidates and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The by-elections would be conducted into Ebonyi South Senatorial District of Ebonyi State; Yobe East Senatorial District of Yobe State; Plateau North Senatorial District of Plateau State; and Akoko North East/Akoko North West Federal Constituency of Ondo State.