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Overrile Buhari On Electoral Bill Now, Agbakoba Urges National Assembly by akinhanger: 2:21pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
A former President of the Nigerian Bar Association and a member of the Coalition of United Political Parties, Dr. Olisa Agbakoba (SAN), has written the National Assembly, urging the lawmakers to overrule President Muhammadu Buhari by enacting the 2018 Electoral Act. Agbakoba, in his letter to the legislators, said Buhari’s decision to withhold assent to the bill “makes no sense,” as the amendment proposed by the bill were targeted at making the 2019 general elections more credible with the use of card readers and electronic transmission of election results from the polling units. The lawyer said the President’s claim that the Independent National Electoral Commission was not prepared for the technological innovations proposed by the bill could not hold water, as INEC had, in the previous elections, partly used the card reader. He said, “The 2015 elections were partly conducted by INEC using smart cards (card readers), but the Supreme Court held that smart cards are not allowed, not being included in the Electoral Act 2010. “The 2015 elections were also partly conducted by INEC using Incident Forms. In effect, smart cards and Incident Forms were both used to conduct 2015 elections. “Distinguished and honourable members of NASS will recall that there was a lot of controversy about the use of Incident Forms, as it enabled non-accredited persons to vote, questioning the credibility of the elections. “In order to remove constraints that will impact the credibility of future elections, such as 2019, the Electoral Act 2010 was amended by the 2018 Bill, to formalise the legal basis of the smart cards which was already in use for elections by INEC anyway.” “It will be recalled that the Supreme Court declared the use of smart cards as contrary to the Electoral Act 2010, so the 2018 amendment is intended to give INEC a legal basis to use smart cards and electronic technology. “The 2018 bill also introduced the extremely important procedure of transmitting results of votes from polling units by electronic means. Electronic transmission will remove rigging and enhance the credibility of the vote count. “INEC says it is familiar with the amendments contained in the 2018 Electoral bill. INEC has used smart cards at all elections from 2015. INEC has submitted an election budget which provides for smart cards and transmission equipment. “The President claims that part of the reason for withholding assent was that INEC will not have enough time to become familiar with the 2018 bill and that a new Act will generate confusion. This is simply incorrect and flies in the face of INEC’s announcement that it will not use Incident Forms or manual voting in 2019 elections. In other words, INEC is ready to deploy electronic technology for 2019 elections, and only requires that the Electoral Act provides a legal framework. “The 2018 amendments will help to improve the credibility of our elections and also give legal basis for INEC to deploy electronic technology in 2019 elections, following doubts cast by the Supreme Court about the legality of the use of card readers because it was not provided in the old Electoral Act of 2010. “Distinguished and honourable members of NASS, are please please urged to override Mr President and enact 2018 Electoral Act.” https://all-gists..com/2018/12/overrule-buhari-on-electoral-bill-agbakoba-urges-national-assembly.html |
Re: Overrile Buhari On Electoral Bill Now, Agbakoba Urges National Assembly by Crocky23: 2:26pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
That's the only way to resolve this impasse. 1 Like |
Re: Overrile Buhari On Electoral Bill Now, Agbakoba Urges National Assembly by zlantanfan: 2:27pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
You don't have majority to do that, all these loosers 5% can keep gearing saraki to his doom 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: Overrile Buhari On Electoral Bill Now, Agbakoba Urges National Assembly by Nobody: 2:33pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
The Judiciary under this administration is kuku dead and buried. At least the legislature is trying to redeem themselves thru this bill but the Executive (God save us from wolves in sheep's clothing) is our nemesis. |
Re: Overrile Buhari On Electoral Bill Now, Agbakoba Urges National Assembly by dunkem21(m): 2:38pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
zlantanfan: Agbakoba is also 5% abi? OK o. |
Re: Overrile Buhari On Electoral Bill Now, Agbakoba Urges National Assembly by docadams: 2:57pm On Dec 10, 2018 |
dunkem21: IPOB 5%ter 1 Like |
Re: Overrile Buhari On Electoral Bill Now, Agbakoba Urges National Assembly by yomi961: 6:07am On Dec 11, 2018 |
If buhari/jubrin has done well like he claims, why is he afraid of signing the bill. Is it not obvious that there are some sinister moves going on.
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Re: Overrile Buhari On Electoral Bill Now, Agbakoba Urges National Assembly by aolawale025: 6:52am On Dec 11, 2018 |
That will be a patriotic exercise |
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