Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (SB. 1002) by Deputy Senate President, Senator @OvieOmoAgege

Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (SB. 1002) is read the First Time.

A Bill for an Act to Amend the 2022 Electoral Act No. 13 and for other related matters, 2022 (SB. 1002) by Deputy Senate President, Senator @OvieOmoAgege

The amendment seeks to make provision for delegates who will not be elected as ad-hoc delegates to participate in the Conventions, Congresses or meetings of political parties - Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege (APC - Delta Central)

“I think this is a very straightforward amendment. Without this amendment, most of us will not have the liberty of voting during convention. I support the amendment. Let us have it for second reading.” – Senator Uche Ekwunife (PDP-Anambra Central)

“This Bill is a very straightforward Bill and let us put in on record that this error was something that happened inadvertently. We have seen the error and that is why we are back here to ensure nobody suffers any harm.” – Deputy Chief Whip, Senator Sabi Abdullahi (APC-Niger North)

“I second this amendment moved by the Deputy Senate President. I don’t think that this Bill needs further debate. Just put it on a voice vote so we can proceed.” – Senator Aliyu Wammako (APC-Sokoto North)

The Bill is read the Second time and referred to the Committee of the Whole.

Senate in the Committee of the Whole and Plenary considered A Bill for an Act to Amend the 2022 Electoral Act No. 13 and for other related matters, 2022 (SB. 1002) and approved Clause 84(.

A Bill for an Act to Amend the 2022 Electoral Act No. 13 and for other related matters, 2022 (SB. 1002) is read the Third Time and PASSED!

The Nigerian Senate

Senate President explains the importance of the Bill:

“Let me explain a little bit of what we have done. The amended Electoral Act of 2022 that we passed this year has a deficiency that was never intended.

"That deficiency will deny all statutory delegates in all political parties from participation in Congresses and Conventions and therefore such a major misplaced Clause ought to be amended before the Party Primaries starts in the next eight days.

"And therefore, this is an emergency legislation. The National Assembly will finish with the processing of this amendment on this Bill between today in the Senate and tomorrow in @HouseNGR, and then the Executive will do the assent within the week.

"That is so important to enable every statutory delegate to participate in the party primaries. This is an emergency effort to ensure that nobody is denied his/her rightful opportunity as a delegate."

Section 84(8 of the Electoral Act 2022 that was earlier signed into law;

A Political Party that adopts the system of indirect primaries for the choice of its Candidate shall clearly outline in its Constitution and rule the procedure for the democratic election of delegates to vote at the Convention, Congress or meeting.

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As the Electoral Act stands now, it makes no provision for Statutory Delegates, that means if you are not democratically elected, you cannot VOTE in the Convention that adopts the system of indirect Primaries, Buhari inclusive; hence this hurried amendment.

Political appointees who haven’t resigned are still shut out of participating in party convention and congresses. What if the president refused to sign the bill, will all statutory delegates be prevented from participating at the primaries?

Hmm

hmmmm

What of the section telling people to resign??

It was always time.... Malami can't fold his hand watch the earlier bill sponsored by the billion van scale through

we are watching!

hmm politicians protecting themselves

seunmsg:
Political appointees who haven’t resigned are still shut out of participating in party convention and congresses. What if the president refused to sign the bill?

You want the polital appointees to be allowed to contest for an election right? They should eat their cake and have it ba? You want them to continue in their position until 30 days to the general election so that they can use government money to fund the election, shebi you heard that Malami shared almost 200 vehicles? Fully funded with government money, you want The governor of Central Bank to use Nigeria's money to prosecute an election?

You're a wonderful person, and one day you will realise that you are one of the problems of Nigeria.

seunmsg:
Political appointees who haven’t resigned are still shut out of participating in party convention and congresses. What if the president refused to sign the bill?

Lol
See as the process fast

seunmsg:
Political appointees who haven’t resigned are still shut out of participating in party convention and congresses. What if the president refused to sign the bill?

This is funny because Amaechi, Ngige, Akpabio, Ogbonnaya Onu, Fashola, Aregbesola are all Statutory Delegates by virtue of been former Governors. If they are allowed to statutorily vote at the Convention, why resign then?

seunmsg:
Political appointees who haven’t resigned are still shut out of participating in party convention and congresses. What if the president refused to sign the bill?

He too would deny himself the right to vote at the convention or congress.

..Meaning that the Controversial section 84 can actually be looked into if they want to

Legislatures are just hell bent on punishing political appointees

[/b]"And therefore, this is an emergency legislation. The National Assembly will finish with the processing of this amendment on this Bill between today in the Senate and tomorrow in @HouseNGR, and then the Executive will do the assent within the week.[b]

But the useless senate and House of representatives cannot convey an emergency legislation to address the issue of killings and the economy woes and recession.

fergie001:


This is funny because Amaechi, Ngige, Akpabio, Ogbonnaya Onu, Fashola, Aregbesola are all Statutory Delegates by virtue of been former Governors. If they are allowed to statutorily vote at the Convention, why resign then?

Very interesting.

Tareq1105:


He too would deny himself the right to vote at the convention or congress.

He’s not a political appointee so he’s not affected.

seunmsg:
Very interesting.

They knew what they were doing.

If they come straight, we will all shout. If they exclude those who haven't resigned, Buhari won't sign it.

fergie001:


This is funny because Amaechi, Ngige, Akpabio, Ogbonnaya Onu, Fashola, Aregbesola are all Statutory Delegates by virtue of been former Governors. If they are allowed to statutorily vote at the Convention, why resign then?

They're allowed to vote in their capacity as former governors and not in their present capacity.

Tareq1105:
They're allowed to vote in their capacity as former governors and not in their present capacity.

How do you tell someone like Amaechi, Onu, Akpabio, Ngige when they come to the Convention how to vote.

Will you tell them to vote as statutory delegates or as political appointees? That means if they doesn't resign, they can still vote in their present capacities.

the worse senate in the world.

seunmsg:


He’s not a political appointee so he’s not affected.

We're talking about former "Elected" personalities of the party here and not "Appointed" personalities.

fergie001:
Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (SB. 1002) by Deputy Senate President, Senator @OvieOmoAgege

Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2022 (SB. 1002) is read the First Time.

A Bill for an Act to Amend the 2022 Electoral Act No. 13 and for other related matters, 2022 (SB. 1002) by Deputy Senate President, Senator @OvieOmoAgege









The Bill is read the Second time and referred to the Committee of the Whole.

Senate in the Committee of the Whole and Plenary considered A Bill for an Act to Amend the 2022 Electoral Act No. 13 and for other related matters, 2022 (SB. 1002) and approved Clause 84(.



The Nigerian Senate

Senate President explains the importance of the Bill:

They want to start changing their own laws

fergie001:

How do you tell someone like Amaechi, Onu, Akpabio, Ngige when they come to the Convention how to vote.

Will you tell them to vote as statutory delegates or as political appointees? That means if they doesn't resign, they can still vote in their present capacities.

No, they're allowed to vote in their former capacity as former Elected personalities (governors/senators/Reps members, etc).

Tareq1105:
No, they're allowed to vote in their former capacity as former Elected personalities (governors/senators/Reps members, etc).

Now let me ask you;

Can Amaechi vote in the Convention without resigning?

Tareq1105:


We're talking about former "Elected" personalities of the party here and not "Appointed" personalities.

The law only bars political appointees and not those elected. The president is not affected.