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Buhari and federal government allow this electoral act to rest and face the economic problems and hardship nigerians are facing and solve the problems.. like high costs of disel, fuel and fuel scarcity, lack of electricity power supply, poverty, hunger, inflation, unemployment, bussiness struggling to survive the harsh and hard economy, refineries are not working and many other things.... this is what nigerians voted for you to solve not amending electoral bill or act to favor your selfish interest

drlateef:
You didn’t put it clearly. The section in 99 constitution only talks about resignation from position. While the new legislation talks about participation, not resignation. They are two different things. You see these National Assembly guys are smart. They carefully avoided terms used in current constitution so as not to collide with the constitution. That section of constitution does not make it compulsory for appointees to participate, while the new legislation makes it compulsory for them not to participate. And this is allowed in law because INEC staff cannot also participate in election. So therefore, political appointees will not be the first to be disenfranchised from such special election of the primaries in parties. They are not disenfranchised from national elections like everyone. Even some categories of Nigerians can still be disenfranchised from national elections, examples include prisoners and security operatives including INEC staff.

Fergie001.
Is this guy here correct?

ufotunang:
Buhari and federal government allow this electoral act to rest and face the economic problems and hardship nigerians are facing and solve the problems.. like high costs of disel, fuel and fuel scarcity, lack of electricity power supply, poverty, hunger, inflation, unemployment, bussiness struggling to survive the harsh and hard economy, refineries are not working and many other things.... this is what nigerians voted for you to solve not amending electoral bill or act to favor your selfish interest

It's good this is going on.
Electoral Games had been our problem in Nigeria for long.
Elected persons would leave their jobs and be playing “politics of the next election”.
But if all these are settled well, they would stop stacking money for rigging the next election, and do what would please the people who actually voted them.

Franky70:
Malami is desperate


Once it's illegal stuff they tend to use Igbo lawyers


Abba kayri use Igbo lawyer
This one don go use Igbo lawyer

Electoral act and constitution, which is supreme? Cause the constitution stipulates resigning at least 30 days before the actual elections. Oga, that clause will be removed. If it isn't, political appointees will still contest without resigning and the courts will uphold the decision. Y'all are quick to attack Malami. While I admit he may be an idiot sometimes, on this he is right. Get the constitution and go through yourself.

Racoon:
And the corrupt and utterly useless AGF quickly expunge the section without input from the NASS? And when has it become that the court will just give injunction for a legislation to be removed from the law.

Good to see that the executive is paying the NASS in it own coin for condoning many of its illegality.Lets see where this fight leads them to.

Oga, electoral act CANNOT trump the constitution. The constitution stipulates resignation at least 30 days before the actual election. These lawmakers are greedy people. Fixing laws for your own selfish interests. If they so believe in that clause, they should amend the constitution to tally with the electoral act. It's as simple as that

Odidigboigbo:
Whether NAS delete it or not, that section of the electoral act cannot stand, it's at variance with the constitution. The constitution is clear on this matter, any act or law that is not in concurrent with the constitution, the constitution takes precedence. The constitution says governments appointees should resigned a month before the election, If NAS is serious, they supposed to have amends this section of the constitution before inputting it in the electoral act.

You're the only one with sense here. Others are just arguing blindly. NASS get ulterior motives. But they don't want to use sense to actualise it. That clause cannot stand. They should forget it

Na like this God wan take deal with this Malami

Franky70:
Malami is desperate


Once it's illegal stuff they tend to use Igbo lawyers


Abba kayri use Igbo lawyer
This one don go use Igbo lawyer

The judgement is accurate and fair. How can the NASS reject to correct such an obvious contradiction in the electoral act.

This is not even about Malami bt sensible laws and the bias or incompetence of our NASS.

chloride6:
How is the current law incompatible with the 30 day rule? If you resign 1 year before elections, havent you resigned at least 30 days before the election?

No, you have resigned at least 1 year before elections.

chloride6:
How is the current law incompatible with the 30 day rule? If you resign 1 year before elections, havent you resigned at least 30 days before the election?

No, you have not. Resignation at least 1 year before the elections and 30days are miles apart.

Nevertheless, all the politicians are careless about you and me. I am only calling a spade a spade.

U NEED NOT JUMP THE GUN!IT WILL SOON GET TO YOU........HAHAHA.........

emezuo17:
. Abba Kyari's lawyer is not an igbo man. Kanu Again is from Cross Rivers state, the northern part. He is not igbo at all.

What is her name

I said it on an earlier thread

A case without a known applicant and a known respondant

Who instituted it, against whom was it instituted?
When was it instituted?

No news about the proceedings
just boom judgement...... how?

Always using foolish Igbos for their dirty jobs.

Terrence99:
Always using foolish Igbos for their dirty jobs.

They're always available for dirty jobs yet they rain insults here on others, calling them slaves. Isn't it ironic? Same nonsense Pantanmi did with the fraudulent Professorship by FUTO when there are many Universities in the North where he is from.

Nigerian type of democracy is now confusing me.
This is not what we were taught in school.

Or is there no more seperation of power as we were taught

AntonVince:
Malami and his co-travelers have won this already.

He has not won anything the clause from the constitution said public service and the Clause from the Electoral act said political appointees also supreme court already gave a judgement concerning who a public servants is which a civil servants.... Malami is the worst AGD we have. Some one sued the AGF without recourse to the people that made the law is that witchcraft and the hearing was given accelerated hearing and also gazetted quickly....

Odidigboigbo:
Whether NAS delete it or not, that section of the electoral act cannot stand, it's at variance with the constitution. The constitution is clear on this matter, any act or law that is not in concurrent with the constitution, the constitution takes precedence. The constitution says governments appointees should resigned a month before the election, If NAS is serious, they supposed to have amends this section of the constitution before inputting it in the electoral act.

the constitution said public service which is civil service (civil servants) whereas the act said political appointees.... Only God knows how Malami became a SAN

Sheggy13:
They're always available for dirty jobs yet they rain insults here on others, calling them slaves. Isn't it ironic? Same nonsense Pantanmi did with the fraudulent Professorship by FUTO when there are many Universities in the North where he is from.

Right from Abacha's time, Igbos have always been used for foolish errands others are not willing to carry out.

Empty noise

obinoral1179:
the constitution said public service which is civil service (civil servants) whereas the act said political appointees.... Only God knows how Malami became a SAN

Post the extract

drlateef:
You didn’t put it clearly. The section in 99 constitution only talks about resignation from position. While the new legislation talks about participation, not resignation. They are two different things. You see these National Assembly guys are smart. They carefully avoided terms used in current constitution so as not to collide with the constitution. That section of constitution does not make it compulsory for appointees to participate, while the new legislation makes it compulsory for them not to participate. And this is allowed in law because INEC staff cannot also participate in election. So therefore, political appointees will not be the first to be disenfranchised from such special election of the primaries in parties. They are not disenfranchised from national elections like everyone. Even some categories of Nigerians can still be disenfranchised from national elections, examples include prisoners and security operatives including INEC staff.

the new law also talked about resignation, for appointees to participate
or be voted for in convensions, they need to resign first

chiefolododo:
the new law also talked about resignation, for appointees to participate
or be voted for in convensions, they need to resign first

The new law gives 180 days to resign. I don’t know how the process of amending a small section of the constitution that only requires changing days from 30 to 180 will go. Does it require the extensive process of passing through 2/3 state houses of assembly? That’s the question . But I bet you, these desperate senators and reps can deal with these appointees. There are several ways round that. They just need to sit down and employ very cerebral people to help them.

Themandator:
Post the extract

check the constitution which is 66(f), 182(g), 107(f) and 137(f)

drlateef:
The new law gives 180 days to resign. I don’t know how the process of amending a small section of the constitution that only requires changing days from 30 to 180 will go. Does it require the extensive process of passing through 2/3 state houses of assembly? That’s the question . But I bet you, these desperate senators and reps can deal with these appointees. There are several ways round that. They just need to sit down and employ very cerebral people to help them.

The NASS are in tune with the act political appointees is different from employed public servant..

obinoral1179:
The NASS are in tune with the act political appointees is different from employed public servant..

The original constitution also names political appointees apart from civil servants.

BluntCrazeMan:
Fergie001
I want to understand why the suit was entertained since NASS was not a party in the suit.

It was a document that was produced by the NASS., and it was the NASS that should be defending it.
Why were they omitted?

This is because it is a procured judgement by Malami.

drlateef:
The original constitution also names political appointees apart from civil servants.

can you post it sir?

Odidigboigbo:
Whether NAS delete it or not, that section of the electoral act cannot stand, it's at variance with the constitution. The constitution is clear on this matter, any act or law that is not in concurrent with the constitution, the constitution takes precedence. The constitution says governments appointees should resigned a month before the election, If NAS is serious, they supposed to have amends this section of the constitution before inputting it in the electoral act.

Don't know why the Nass will make such a nonsense move or it's just a move to get approval from the public. It's unfathomable that they don't know that the act is in variance with the constitution

Franky70:
Malami is desperate


Once it's illegal stuff they tend to use Igbo lawyers


Abba kayri use Igbo lawyer
This one don go use Igbo lawyer

You are very correct.

See the Eastern lawyers that were used.