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2023: National Assembly Forwards Electoral Bill To Buhari For Assent
Forward of the 2023 normal elections, the Nationwide Meeting has forwarded the electoral act modification invoice to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.
We reviews that Senate President Ahmad Lawan made this recognized in an announcement issued by his aide, Babajide Omoworare, on Friday.
He disclosed that the electoral invoice was transmitted to the president on Friday consistent with Part 58 (3) of the 1999 Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2 LFN 2004.
“Please be told that in pursuance of Part 58 (3) of the 1999 Structure of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2 LFN 2004, the Nationwide Meeting has transmitted the Electoral Invoice 2021 to Mr. President right this moment Friday, November 19, 2021,” Omoworare stated.
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We recollects that the Nationwide Meeting had handed the Electoral Act Modification Invoice and granted the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) powers to electronically transmit election outcomes.
Earlier, the Senate and Home of Representatives had handed totally different variations of the invoice, and a convention committee was set as much as harmonise each payments.
The Higher chamber had constituted a seven-man convention committee to satisfy with members of the decrease chamber Convention Committee and harmonize the variations within the Senate and Home variations of the Electoral Act Modification Invoice.
The approval adopted an modification to Clause 52(3) of the Electoral Act (modification) Invoice by Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi (Niger North) through the consideration of a report by the Senate Committee on the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).
In the meantime, Governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has allegedly lobbied the Lawyer Normal of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to advise President Muhammadu Buhari towards signing the Electoral Act Modification Invoice.
The APC Governors’ Discussion board is trying to make use of the affect of the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, to speak to Malami who’s from the state and is reported to be nursing a governorship ambition in 2023.
