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No fewer than five aspirants on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have indicated interest to represent Oyo North senatorial district in ....
Punch Newspapers Sections Leke Baiyewu, Abuja The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, knocked the Independent National Electoral Commission for failing to review division of states of the federation as prescribed by the Constitution. The legislative chamber asked the commission to embark on a nationwide delineation exercise immediately. The Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu, had at the plenary on Wednesday moved a motion of urgent public importance to criticise INEC for failing to comply with the law which prescribed a review every 10 years. The motion was titled ‘Review of the Division of States of the Federation into Federal Constituencies.’ Adopting the motion unanimously, the House resolved that “INEC should without further delay review constituency delineation as enshrined in the 1999 constitution as amended.” ....
Share The House of Representatives on Wednesday underscored the need for Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) invoking the provision of Section 71(b) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) which provides for the review of the division of states of the federation into federal constituencies. The resolution was passed sequel to the adoption of a motion on Matter of Urgent National Importance on the ‘Review of the division of states of the federation into federal constituencies’, sponsored by the Minority Leader, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu. Hon. Elumelu who expressed displeasure over the failure of the Commission to exert its powers as provided by the Constitution chided the Commission for failing to review the division of states into federal constituencies over the past 22 years of the current democratic, against the 10 years provided by the Constitution. ....