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Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by treesun(op): 2:35pm On Feb 17
The House of Representatives has gone into another round of rowdy session over the Electoral Bill.

The move to amend provision of the Electoral Amendment Bill raised uproar among members.

This even after the executive session held to resolve issues.

Lawmakers had disagreed over a motion seeking to rescind the passage of the Electoral Act Amendment bill.

Trouble started after Francis Waive, Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Rules and Business, moved a motion for the House to reverse its decision on the bill which was passed on December 23, 2025.

The Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, had put the motion to a voice vote. While the “nays” were louder than the “ayes”, he ruled that the ayes had it, a development which triggered protest.

Abbas subsequently called for an executive session.

Details later…
https://dailytrust.com/breaking-electoral-bill-debate-sparks-another-rowdy-session-at-reps/?noamp=available

Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by yesloaded: 3:10pm On Feb 17
Smh

Plenty abracadabra
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Moblux(m): 3:11pm On Feb 17
When Nigerians are ready for good governance, they will be ready. See how people's representatives think they can just decide against the will of the people they are representing.
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Emmaari: 3:11pm On Feb 17
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by FatimaAbubakar(f): 3:11pm On Feb 17
Tinumbu is a political fraudster. He's afraid of the electronic transmission of results. Apart from rigging, there's nothing else the fraudster knows. After bribing governors with rewards to decamp to APC, he's still afraid of defeat. I thought they claimed the whole country is for APC? A man who shamelessly lost in Lagos in 2023! A state he was governor of. Shame!
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by epainos: 3:12pm On Feb 17
In their desperation to rig this coming election, they want to reverse everything about direct/real-time transmitting of votes, instead of them to let it slide and hope they can do something with time. But they are too in a hurry to remove it, and now they have successfully triggered the whole of Nigeria to desperately ask for the direct tramission of votes without any clause attached to it. Gbam! Congrats APC for a job well done.
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Oceemo(m): 3:12pm On Feb 17
Everywhere fake scam fraud haba Naija. I no too surprise sha na Pablo the on top seat
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by femi4: 3:13pm On Feb 17
We wont take it

We want real time xmission
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by IykeChukz(m): 3:13pm On Feb 17
Untop what, please? That’s just pure selfishness.
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by quip: 3:13pm On Feb 17
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by zinaunreal(m): 3:13pm On Feb 17
They want to cheat but God pass them.
Real time transmission, is the only true updated democratic processing of votes for the people and by the people, which democracy was designed for in the first place. All political devils and visonless saboteurs of Nigerias dignity shall be filtered out

Any other adjustment is an abuse of power and an avenue for manipulation, which of course the ruling party is obviously trying to manipulate, without looking ridiculous to the international audience.

There shall be no declaration of winner in the midnight, every move will be as bright as daytime. Tinubu no space for you. If you like port all the governors to apc. The governor is one vote.
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by UkoAnnang(m): 3:14pm On Feb 17
grin

Criminals in chamber

Thunder go fire them someday
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Bullhari: 3:16pm On Feb 17
More concerning than the electoral bill is the continued imposition of the children of these politicians to continue in their stead
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by U09ce: 3:17pm On Feb 17
Why ayes and nays in this digital world?
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by iwaeda: 3:17pm On Feb 17
Fighting over nothing, after standing on the mandate of a man that can't stand. grin grin grin grin grin
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Abratech(m): 3:17pm On Feb 17
Welcome to Naija were the "ayes" always Carry it, even when , the "nayes" are Louder and the Majority.
Yes may God help the Federation of the Nigeria Republic
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by RecentHistory: 3:18pm On Feb 17
Elrufai with his chochocho has put a nail in the coffin of electronic transmission.

He's a great asset to Tinubu.
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Inspirer1: 3:19pm On Feb 17
Why not vote electronically within the house to even lead by example....this is exactly what Nigerians are trying to avoid.
Just be transparent!
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Gotocourt: 3:20pm On Feb 17
30 APC Governors na scam oooooo cheesy,

Village boys have chased City boyz cheesy grin


Governor ABBA of KANO had the worse APC decamping outing yesterday shocked
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Lawalemi(m): 3:21pm On Feb 17
Also can't they do electronic voting in the house?

What is all these Yay, Nay, Ayes that are always subject to manipulation?
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Opinedecandid(m): 3:23pm On Feb 17
I thought this bill has been done and dusted.
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by arantess: 3:24pm On Feb 17
as una no like electronic voting for inside senate....

why will an opinion be overwhelmingly loud, yet the leader will lie and say ayes have it?

insincere people
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Opinedecandid(m): 3:27pm On Feb 17
zinaunreal:
They want to cheat but God pass them.
Real time transmission, is the only true updated democratic processing of votes for the people and by the people, which democracy was designed for in the first place. All political devils and visonless saboteurs of Nigerias dignity shall be filtered out

Any other adjustment is an abuse of power and an avenue for manipulation, which of course the ruling party is obviously trying to manipulate, without looking ridiculous to the international audience.

There shall be no declaration of winner in the midnight, every move will be as bright as daytime. Tinubu no space for you. If you like port all the governors to apc. The governor is one vote.
Which God?

God dey your matter?
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by ebuk4real(m):
Thieves with their online miscreants here hailing them .

Well, only criminals are afraid of real time transmission of collated election results. Till now, I am yet to see any APC person in support of it because they are certified criminals.

Clowns
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by SammySammy1011: 3:29pm On Feb 17
The nahs had it and you gave it to the ayes..... Na waoooooo
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by zinaunreal(m): 3:29pm On Feb 17
Opinedecandid:
Which God?

God dey your matter?
Replace your own with devil. Nothing spoil
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Racoon(m): 3:30pm On Feb 17
Suddenly the HOR is under pressure to rescind its earlier noble decision on the real time electronic transfer of election results?
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by PDPdestroyer(m): 3:34pm On Feb 17
By definition, in real-time means without “noticeable delay”, which is quite ambiguous in this context. So, the interesting question to ask them is “what determines whether a result was transmitted in real-time or not?” At what point in time (in absolute terms) do you classify a result transmitted as “not in real-time”?
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Penguin2: 3:37pm On Feb 17
And they insist that Tinubu is not scared of free and fair election.
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by energy37: 3:38pm On Feb 17
Online voting, eTransmission of result etc. Which of them is not open to manipulation. I see everything the lawmakers are doing as game plans. Eventually, they will put the blames of the consequences of whatever system adopted on the masses. This is Nigeria where 2+2=22.
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by MrUchenna1(m): 3:40pm On Feb 17
“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.”
Re: Electoral Bill Debate Sparks Another Rowdy Session At Reps by Burob: 3:41pm On Feb 17
FatimaAbubakar:
Tinumbu is a political fraudster. He's afraid of the electronic transmission of results. Apart from rigging, there's nothing else the fraudster knows. After bribing governors with rewards to decamp to APC, he's still afraid of defeat. I thought they claimed the whole country is for APC? A man who shamelessly lost in Lagos in 2023! A state he was governor of. Shame!
A Failure will always look 👀 for someone else, or something to blame for being a Failure.
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