Tag: Electoral Act

Electoral Act 2022: Court rules against Buhari, AGF Malami, Senate President, others

Aminu Imam

A Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has restrained President Muhammadu Buhari, the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF), Abubakar Malami and the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, from tampering with the 2022 Electoral Act recently signed into law. the National Assembly from taking any further step regarding section 84 (12) of the newly amended Electoral Act. The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo, gave the order yesterday, while delivering ruling in an ex-parte application brought by the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), challenging the legality of the national assembly to amend the Bill…

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‘Buhari lacks power to seek Electoral Act amendment’ – Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike has said that President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter to the National Assembly seeking amendment of Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, 2022 is in bad faith. The governor maintained that the president lacks the power to determine whether Section 84 (12), which he claims will disenfranchise serving political office holders, conflicts with provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Speaking in an interview on a television programme on Friday, the governor insisted that by faulting Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act, the president was…

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Electoral Act: ‘Clause on political appointees will stop impunity’ – Edwin Clark

Aminu Imam

Ijaw national leader, Chief Edwin Clark, says the clause in the new Electoral Act, which requires political appointees to resign their positions before participating in party primaries, will stop “impunity”. Section 84 (12) of the Electoral Act 2022 reads: “No political appointee at any level shall be a voting delegate or be voted for at the convention or congress of any political party for the purpose of the nomination of candidates for any election.” President Muhammadu Buhari had, while signing the electoral act amendment bill into law on February 25,…

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Electoral Act: Buhari, NASS to agree on disputed clause soon – Presidency

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari and National Assembly will reach an agreement on the amendment of Section 84 (12) in the recently signed Electoral Act which bars appointed political officeholders from participating in their parties’ primaries, the presidency has said. The Presidency’s position was made known in a statement signed on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, titled: ‘Assent into law of the electoral act 2022: Landmark moment for the nation’. Recall that the section of the Electoral Act requires political appointees, including…

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Electoral Act: CSOs kick over mounting pressure on NASS to delete Section 84 (10)

Aminu Imam

Some Civil Society Organisations, (CSOs) in Nigeria have expressed their alarm over the mounting political pressure on the National Assembly to undo some of the progressive elements of the Amended Electoral Bill, specifically the section preventing political appointees from participating in the party candidate nomination process, either as aspirants or delegates. Recall that Section 84 (10) of the Amended Electoral Act ruled out political appointees from taking part in partisan contests as a voting delegate or aspirant with a provision that read: ‘No political appointee at any level shall be…

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Electoral Act: Lawmakers to consult Nigerians, other stakeholders on section barring ministers, others from contesting for positions

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that following his assent to the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill 2022, with the introduction of new technology and efforts to engender clarity and transparency, it holds a lot of promise for improving the electoral processes in the country. Recall that the President signed the Bill into law on Friday, during a ceremony at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The President suggested tinkering with Section 84(2), which he expressed dissatisfaction with, as he noted that it contravenes the rights of political office holders to vote and be…

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Electoral Act: ‘Buhari’s amendment request, a selfish move to protect sacred cows’ – Wike

Aminu Imam

Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has said that the request by President Muhammadu Buhari to amend Section 84 (12) of the newly assented Electoral Act is a selfish move aimed at protecting sacred cows within his cabinet. Wike, who reacted with mixed feelings to the signing of the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill into law yesterday, said although the introduction of electronic transmission of results will reduce killings and electoral fraud in the country, the president’s reservations on Section 84(12), which deals with the status of political appointees during party conventions…

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Breaking! Buhari signs Electoral Act (amendment) Bill

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari has commenced the process of signing into law the re-worked Electoral Act (amendment) Bill at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, in Abuja. The ceremony is on-going at the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, in Abuja. Those present at the ceremony include Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo; President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila. Details to follow…

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Electoral Act: Buhari delaying to have a near perfect law – Presidency

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

President Muhammadu Buhari is delaying signing the Electoral Act Amendment before him because he wants to have a near perfect law in place. Senior Special Adviser to the President, Media and Publicity Femi Adesina made this assertion while appearing on a national television breakfast show Tuesday, 22 February. Adesina said no one can stampede the President to sign the act, making reference to civil society organizations plan to embark on nationwide protest tagged a day of action. The media said the President will sign the act in hours before the…

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Why Buhari has not signed amended Electoral Act – Femi Adesina

Aminu Imam

President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Adviser, Femi Adesina, has disclosed that his Boss has not signed the amended Electoral Bill sent to him by the National Assembly on January, 31. According to the presidential spokesman, the president has a window of 30 days within which to sign the bill or decline assent after it had been transmitted to him by the National Assembly. Critics said the delay in the signing of the Bill could be a ploy by the ruling All Progressives Congress to force the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC),…

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