NIGERIAN President Muhammadu Buhari has a sixth opportunity to implement electoral reforms in the country after the National Assembly transmitted the amended Electoral Act Amendment Bill to him for assent into law.

The National Assembly transmitted the bill to Buhari on January 31, according to a statement signed by Senior Special Adviser to the President on National Assembly Matters Babajide Omoworare.

Transmission of the bill to the president by the National Assembly was in line with provisions of Section 58 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2 LFN 2004.

From the date of transmission, Buhari has 30 days to sign the bill into law, and in the event that he again refuses to do so, he will write the National Assembly to explain his reasons for withholding assent.

If Buhari again refuses to assent to the bill, the National Assembly can decide to override the presidential veto and pass the bill into law with two-thirds majority vote in the Senate and the House of Representatives.

The lawmakers failed to heed calls from Nigerians to override the president when Buhari refused to sign the electoral bill in December 2021.

Buhari said a clause which mandated political parties to adopt the direct primary model for election of candidates for elective positions was the reason he refused to sign the bill into law.

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Forcing political parties to adopt direct primaries “violates the spirit of democracy,” Buhari said.

According to him, direct primaries would hike the cost of elections and place huge financial burden on political parties and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

He also argued that compulsory adoption of direct primaries violated the rights of the political parties to decide the model through which they wish to elect their flagbearers especially as many parties already have constitutions which provide for different methods of primary elections.

Buhari also pointed to security implications of holding direct primaries in parts of the country as one of the factors that informed his refusal to assent to the bill.

To address Buhari’s concerns, the National Assembly upon resumption after its Yuletide recess moved quickly to amend the bill.

On January 25, the National Assembly passed the amended electoral bill which provided political parties with three models of primary elections – direct, indirect and consensus.

READ MORE HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/electoral-reform-buhari-gets-6th-chance-as-national-assembly-transmits-amended-bill/

Holly Gram


LITE UP my WEED in peace..


WTF MAN

This Country is a scam

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He will sign it this time around, he got no choice

Just ranting, they won't /can't do nada. Rubber stamp senators

Rubber stamp senators and reps
Toothless Bulldogs

nawa for this people, I don't know what this people are doing in national Assembly, they are almost 600members but they couldn't see that is undemocratic to dictate to parties how to conduct their internal elections, this people self

Boogyman557:
Holly Gram



LITE UP my WEED in peace..



WTF MAN

Mynd44 rule 1

He’s loitering every thread with this same nonsense.

Indirect primaries is a way of imposing his candidacy on the primaries by the incumbent governors and president.If the reason he gave was to reduce cost,why did the national assembly increase the cost of aspirants forms in the electoral amendment Bill?

Shehuyinka:


READ MORE HERE: https://www.icirnigeria.org/electoral-reform-buhari-gets-6th-chance-as-national-assembly-transmits-amended-bill/

an Bihari dey check them no be them dey check Bihari, he won't sign, and nothing would happen.

Boogyman557:
[s]Holly Gram



LITE UP my WEED in peace..



WTF MAN[/s]

How will a reasonable human being think you are sane after reading this trash u posted here?
Weed kee u dia

That's not a national assembly.
It's a national assumption.

The majority are representing the president instead of their people.
The minority are representing themselves instead of the people

Nigeria is not practicing true democracy if not Bubu would have been impeached.

Revolution2022:
Indirect primaries is a way of imposing his candidacy on the primaries by the incumbent governors and president.If the reason he gave was to reduce cost,why did the national assembly increase the cost of aspirants forms in the electoral amendment Bill?

Lol, whatever way Governor will always have their way. See wat happened in Ekiti how Gov fayemi influenced the Direct primary.

wizod:

How will a reasonable human being think you are sane after reading this trash u posted here?
Weed kee u dia

Holly Gram MY G.. waiting I do naa...



abi make I no LITE UP my WEED in peace again..



U no sey CUNTREE don CAST big time..



anyways I just de COME back from ASHAWOO house now...


MY G... no b small NACKING ooooo..



D ASHAWOO wey I NACK, her BOBZ STAND WELL WELL



I just sey make I COME back house to shower and LITE UP more WEED..



although I FIT STILL JAZZ in d ASHAWOO house dis evening.. bcus I tell her sey I FIT show back..



D PLACE no 2 far from my unite.



WTF MAN

One man is taking the national assembly for a ride.
The national assembly are just puppets

If you like give him 100 chances, he will never get it right

Rubber stamp national assembly

He better sign that bill

He won’t still sign it
Light up my ganja
People who don’t smoke ( I mean weed not that cigar o) nor drink how do you survive
Something must ginger man sha

He's lucky to have lots of opportunities to write his name on the sand of time.

He has bungled some , hope he grabs this present one with his two hands for posterity sake.

jyz200:
He won’t still sign it
Light up my ganja
People who don’t smoke ( I mean weed not that cigar o) nor drink how do you survive
Something must ginger man sha

We like women especially the yellow ones