BREAKING: Buhari Will Sign Electoral Act Amendment Bill Within Hours, Says Presidency
President Muhammadu will sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill in hours.
This was disclosed by Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina during an interview on Channels Television on Tuesday.
Recall that the National Assembly transmitted the amended Electoral Act bill on 31st January 2022 after amending clause 84 to include Direct Primaries, Indirect Primaries and Consensus as modes of selecting party candidates for election.
In the bill earlier passed by the National Assembly in 2021, the lawmakers prescribed that political parties use only a direct mode of primary. But President Muhammadu Buhari rejected the legislation citing insecurity, the cost of conducting direct primaries and infringement on the rights of Nigerians to participate in governance as his reasons for declining assent.
The Electoral Act amendment bill 2021 makes provisions for card reader; clearly forbid members of political parties from taking up employment or appointment in INEC; defines over-voting clearly and makes provision for electronic transmission of results.
President Muhammadu Buhari has a thirty-day window to sign the bill into law.
Civil societies have declared today, February 22 as a day of protest to compel the President to assent to the bill.
