Tag: electoral amendment bill
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Electoral Amendment Bill: Write your names in gold, override Buhari’s assent – NBA tells lawmakers
Electoral Amendment Bill: NBA writes lawmakers
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BREAKING: Reps pass Electoral Act Amendment Bill after opposition lawmakers walk out
The House of Representatives has passed the Electoral Amendment Bill, moments after opposition lawmakers walked out of the heated session at the National Assembly chambers in Abuja on Friday. Nigeria’s lower chamber, by this, has stepped down the controversial section 52(3) of the bill which deals with the electronic transmission of election results. The lawmakers…
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Fayose reacts as Buhari withdraws assent to Electoral Amendment Bill
The immediate past governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose, on Friday, reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the Electoral Bill. Buhari had for the third time withheld his assent to the bill. This was disclosed by the President’s Senior Special Assistant on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Ita Enang. Addressing State House correspondents…