Electoral Bill

Buhari to sign Electoral Bill tomorrow — Presidency source

Buhari to sign Electoral Bill tomorrow — Presidency source

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru & Steve Oko The pressure to get President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the Electoral Act Amendment Bill heightened, yesterday, as founder of Stanbic Chartered Bank, Atedo Peterside; Methodist Bishop, Sunday Onuoha, and Chief Executive Officer of Albino Foundation, Jake Epelle, asked the president to bequeath the legacy of sound electoral […]
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Electoral Bill: Reps in somber mood as Gbajabiamila receives, reads Buhari’s letter

Electoral Bill: Reps in somber mood as Gbajabiamila receives, reads Buhari’s letter

…President reels out reasons for withholding assent By Levinus Nwabughiogu-Abuja Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has formerly received and read the letter conveying President Muhammadu Buhari’s reasons for withholding his assent to the Electoral amendment bill. This has confirmed media reports that the President had indeed rejected the bill. In the letter, the […]

The storm, party rebels and the Electoral Bill

The storm, party rebels and the Electoral Bill

By Azu Ishiekwene LAST week, the country was engulfed in a mutiny across party lines. After members of the National Assembly surreptitiously inserted a provision in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill calling for direct party primaries, governors, who rarely agree on anything except money, cried foul. They loaded their guns and opened verbal fire on […]

Electoral Bill: Our lawmakers in Abuja are selfish – Olanrewaju, ex-Communications Minister

Electoral Bill: Our lawmakers in Abuja are selfish – Olanrewaju, ex-Communications Minister

By Dapo Akinrefon A Trustee of Ọmọ Eko Pataki and former Communications Minister, Major General Tajudeen Olanrewaju (retd), on Friday, lampooned lawmakers representing Lagos State in the National Assembly for backing the manual transmission of votes during elections describing them as selfish. Olanrewaju, in his reaction to the passage of the Independent National Electoral Bill, […]