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Electoral Act: Uneasy calm over NCC s claims on e-results transmission

Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta and INEC Chairman Mahmoud Yakubu By Sun Jul 25 2021 The House of Representatives, on July 16, passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law after rancorous sessions over clause 52(2), which deals with the issue of electronic transmission of results. Daily Trust examines some of the issues trailing the passage of the bill. By Itodo Daniel Sule, Balarabe Alkassim, Abbas Jimoh & Zakariyya Adaramola The much-awaited Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, which was passed into law by both chambers of the National Assembly, has continued to generate controversies, especially on the aspect of clause 52 (2). It would be recalled that on July 15, the House failed to pass the bill after it began the clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the Committee on Electoral Matters as a result of the controversy on the clause.

2023: North will make violent change inevitable if it opposes power shift —Oyebode

Share Erudite international scholar, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Professor of International Law and Jurisprudence, Akin Oyebode, speaks to DARE ADEKANMBI on the second anniversary of current National Assembly, the power rotation clamour, constitution amendment, among other matters.   The National Assembly literally rolled out the drums in celebration of its second anniversary and the leadership of the institution did score themselves high, particularly with passage of the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) which has been in the legislative arm for 20 years as well as the controversial Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Give us your rating of the lawmakers? It is actually a comedy of error for them to be self-congratulatory for their two years in office. Their track record is not all that ennobling. Even the PIB that they are trying to celebrate is fraught with controversy in terms of who are the persons to be rewarded for the devastation of crude oil exploitation. And talking of

NASS Owes Nigerians Duty for INEC s Independence, Says Nwaka

Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia Members of the National Assembly have been urged to reverse the Electoral Act Amendment Bill which tends to compromise the independence of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). A former chairman of the Abia State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Emma Nwaka, made the call in a chat with THISDAY, saying that the independence of the electoral umpire is constitutional and should not be tampered with. He noted that the provisions in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 just passed by the National Assembly “whereby INEC is required to seek approval from the National Communication Commission and the National Assembly before it could decide on whether or not transmit election results electronically is antithetical to the clear provisions of the Constitution.”

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