The governor said the concern of the governors is that if you limit the abilities of parties to choose options that they so desired, “that may even be arguably undemocratic”.The PGF chairman said the meeting, among other things, reviewed developments in the polity and in the APC states especially, as well as the party’s membership registration and the congresses that had successfully been conducted.
He described as a big milestone the just-concluded APC state congresses, saying that the appeals processes had also been conducted. He added that no political party should force its own processes on any other political party, as the direct primaries’ amendment, a practice of the ruling APC, sought to achieve.
It also, as contained in clause 52 of the 2010 Electoral Act Bill 2021 earlier recommended by the Senate, gave INEC approval for the usage of technological/electronic devices in the conduct of elections and transmission of results. “The clauses are 1, 5, 6, 15, 16, 17, 23, 24, 31, 36, 43, 49, 50, 52, 63, 76, 87, 97, 98, 117 and 135.
For Clause 87 which deals with the mode of primary elections for political parties, the amended version of the Senate which compelled all political parties to use direct primaries was adopted. Aside Abdullahi Yahaya, other senators in the committee are Kabiru Gaya, Danjuma Goje, Sani Musa, Matthew Urhoghide, Ajibola Basiru and Uche Ekwunife.
Briefing journalists after the plenary, the chairman, House Committee on Telecommunication, Hon. Akeem Adeyimi, who had earlier laid the report for consideration in the Committee of the Whole, said the National Assembly had finished work on the bill. “Oftentimes, when we have divergent opinions on a particular clause in a piece of legislation, the rule is that the two houses will have a conference committee that will do the harmonisation. This is usually a very serious outing. But in this case, there was an agreement between the two chambers that it is in order for the advancement of our democracy.
“We are on the side of Nigerians and all that they want. We have through this legislation laid another brick on the wall of advancing our democracy.” Earlier at the plenary, the minority leader, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu had raised a Point of Order under Privilege, requesting the circulation of the report to every member to study before the consideration.
According to him, the differences that prompted the setting up of the harmonisation committee had been recommitted in the Senate, adding that.
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