…NASS presiding officers accused of rigging voice votes Nigeria’s long journey to a consolidated democracy where there will be credible and transparent elections appears to be under threat. It would appear that elected representatives of the people who have found themselves in leadership positions at the National Assembly are putting the gavel to use negatively, defeating the main essence of the instrument. The rush with which the presiding officers at the Senate and the House of Representatives chant “the ‘ayes’ have it” or “the ‘nays’ have it” appears to suggest…
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