The sequence is there for INEC to follow.

A welcome development I must say
Cos that was the game changer in 2015 elections

A welcome development I must say
Cos that was the game changer in 2015 elections

and they think d president will assent to it?
Anyway what happens if d president fails to assent to it before d elections?

Whatever amendment they make on the Electoral Act would only take effect with 2023 election because timetable for 2019 had been out before their self-serving amendment. Laws cannot be made in retrospect

austin2all:
i thought inec was supposed to be independent. how can an independent body release election time table and some powers that be is trying to change it, where then is the independence in them. if anybody somewhere has the power to influence the original election timetable, them im absolutely sure that person will definitely influence the outcome of the election in his favour.
buhari has started rigging the election already.

You no get sense at all!!!

Even though I hate Buhari and his nepotistic tendencies, where did you see his name in the write-up to suggest he's rigging elections?

You either didn't read the write-up, or you have a serious problem with comprehension. Either way, you need help!

Hmmm....To force The Presidency to supporting the emergence of some Senators and Reps, even Governors that they are seemingly becoming "Un-Loyal"...lol.
Many know that if the President is known, the party can work against their emergence by withdrawing necessary last minutes logistics.

Also, It will be suicidal for PMB to attest to this amendment, beacuse he is not really sure where this political prostitues stand. Governors, Senators, Reps can win election and afterwards, turn against the President's second term bid.

Na real serious situation

Okezedan:
Good move by the National Assembly because with d presidential coming first, always dictates the move of other elections aftawards....

Really good one.

All the corrupt elected civil servants in Nigeria are derived from one incompetent, tribalistic, nepotistic, clueless, and corrupt president and his bloody cabals.

Sarraki's Senate is good . With this politicians will not rely on victory of the president

I support the NASS on this. That's the way to truly test a party's popularity. I wish local govt elections too can be part of the time table....let's start from local govt first... Most of the useless people in the assembly and local govt are there because of the way influence of who is @ d center.
With this the president or gov will be too busy fighting for his own survival than to have time to be installing people

Tunbolity:
Whatever amendment they make on the Electoral Act would only take effect with 2023 election because timetable for 2019 had been out before their self-serving amendment. Laws cannot be made in retrospect

The ‘retroactive’ doctrine only applies, generally, to criminal laws not civil laws.

Nonetheless, it will be interesting to see what steps INEC will take if the amendment bill becomes law. Would they change their election timetable? Or stick with it, using the ‘retroactive’ argument?

PDPGuy:
The Senate yesterday set up a committee to reschedule the timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of presidential, National Assembly and gubernatorial elections. Senate President Bukola Saraki, who made the announcement, inaugurated a six-man committee of senators to reconcile the Senate’s version of the amended Electoral Act with the version passed by the House of Representatives.

By the Senate’s amendment, in 2019, the National Assembly election will hold first, followed by gubernatorial and state assembly polls while the presidential election will be conducted last. LEADERSHIP Friday recalls that the Senate had, in 2017, passed an amended version of the 2010 Electoral Act. Also yesterday, the House of Representatives equally passed an amendment to the Electoral Act to change the order of 2019 general elections’ timetable.

Consequently, the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Senator Suleiman Nazif, will chair the team. Members include, Senators Shehu Sani, Biodun Olujimi, Hope Uzodinma, Dino Melaye and Peter Nwaoboshi. Stating the mandate of the committee, Saraki explained that it was expected to quickly meet with the House of Representatives to harmonise the version of the amended electoral bill before it is finally sent to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.

The lawmakers in the lower chamber, while considering the report of the House Committee on Electoral Matters, had amended the Electoral Act 2010, awaiting reconciliation with Senate.

It amended section 25 of the Principal Act and substituted it with a new section 25 (1). According to the section, the elections shall be held in the following order: (a) National Assembly election (b) State Houses of Assembly and Governorship elections (c) Presidential election. Similarly, section 87 was amended by adding a new section 87 (11) with a marginal note “time for primaries of political parties”. “The primaries of political parties shall follow the following sequence (i) State House of Assembly (ii) National Assembly (iii) Governorship, and (iv), President. “The dates for the above stated primaries shall not be held earlier than 120 days and not later than 90 days before the date of elections to the offices.”

Section 36 is amended to allow running mates of candidates who die before the conclusion of elections inherit their votes and continue with the process, an amendment which seeks to avoid the confusion which attended the death of Prince Abubakar Audu in Kogi State during the 2015 governorship election. LEADERSHIP Friday recalls that Prince Audu, the APC candidate, had died after the election and just before the result was announced in an election he was poised to win. The court ruled that the runner-up in the primary would inherit his votes and continue with the election.

DPC Demands Limit To Parties’ Registration, Lawmakers’ Tenure As the National Assembly continues with the ongoing constitution review, the Democratic People’s Congress (DPC) has called on the lawmakers to put a cap on the number of political parties that should be registered by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

The party, in a statement by the national chairman, Rev Olusegun Peters, also demanded a three-term limit for lawmakers in the constitution amendment, saying most of them have not served the interest of the people. The party said that National Assembly should remove the clause in the Electoral Act which states that after 30 days of application for registration as a political party, the association seeking registration should be deemed registered if it did not hear or receive correspondence from INEC on the status of its registration application.

In the statement, the party called for the immediate amendment of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended, to provide a term limit for members of the Senate and House of Representatives which shall not exceed three terms.

It said this will make federal legislators sit up and make laws that will enhance good governance which will boost the well-being of the citizenry. “Some misguided legislators have turned the National Assembly to a house of commotion, corruption and retirement home where they make laws to satisfy their insatiable lust for power and wealth. Most of them have not sponsored or co-sponsored any bill since they were ‘voted’ into the National Assembly”, it added.

Read More at: https://leadership.ng/2018/01/26/senate-plans-reschedule-presidential-nass-guber-elections/

And who ask u to do that?

Samusu:
It will not change our mindset, it's already made up. #Back2Daura2019

They don't want what will happened to buhari to happened to them, they want to avoid the bandwagon effect. meanwhile most of them are not deserving of being returned, because their performance has been below par.

Its actually a good one. A lot of dunces ride on d popularity of a presidential candidate to get into office like what happened during d last elections.

Mrsprof:
To suit their rigging plans abi? I hope it's for a good purpose. I don't trust all these our wicked leaders anymore

Keneking:
Great...the useless INEC chairman wants to jega the next election.

The presidential election should be the last one month before handover

There should be a separate date for vice president election sef

.ur comment shows u are clueless nd ignorant, vice president election,so ur thinking faculty did not tell u dat their will b issue if party A win presidential seat nd party B win vice president seat. We are indeed d leaders of tmoro

Nice move.

This is not news...which pattern have we not tried. A confused entity dwelling on its laws, changing it every step of the way to fit every new circumstance in human dynamics (that's going to be an infinity of options). Why not try changing the mindsets of the people for whom the laws are made, so that they become true to the cause?