TIMELINE: All You Need to Know About the Electoral Bill

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TIMELINE: All You Need to Know About the Electoral Act Amendment Bill

18.01.2022 — Reps to reintroduce electoral bill Wednesday — Gbajabiamila

President Muhammadu Buhari had rejected the bill, citing opposition to the controversial direct primaries clause in the bill.https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/506438-reps-to-reintroduce-electoral-bill-wednesday-gbajabiamila.htmlMembers of the House of Representatives will on Tuesday resume plenary after their 27 days Christmas/New Year holiday.

have called on the National Assembly members to hasten their decision on the controversial Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021.around the bill by Nigerians at different fora, the governors, in a communique issued after their meeting in Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, said the lawmakers are left with the options of “overriding Mr President’s veto or deleting areas of complaints.”

They had proceeded on Christmas/New Year break a day after Mr Buhari informed of his decline to assent the bill.https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/506387-electoral-bill-override-buharis-veto-pdp-governors-tell-national-assembly.

In December of the same year, President Muhammadu Buhari rejected the bill citing insecurity, the cost of conducting direct primaries and infringement on the rights of Nigerians to participate in governance as his reasons for declining assent.https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/506244-electoral-bill-why-direct-primary-is-not-feasible-jega.

 

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Actually, all I want to know about the bill is that it has been passed!

Hausa Fulanis divide Nigeria you said no, fire is consuming your communities. Pharoah let my people go he refused, is okay.

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