By-elections: The winners, losers in legislative elections across 11 states
The senatorial by-elections were conducted in Bayelsa Central, Bayelsa West, Cross River North, Imo North, Lagos East, and Plateau South senatorial districts. 7 min read
Last week, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) conducted nine state House of Assembly and six senatorial by-elections across 11 states.
The senatorial by-elections were conducted in Bayelsa Central, Bayelsa West, Cross River North, Imo North, Lagos East, and Plateau South senatorial districts.
The state assembly elections were conducted in Bauchi, Enugu, Kogi, Borno, Cross Rivers, Katsina, Zamfara, and Lagos states.
Of the six senatorial by-elections, four were conducted to occupy legislative seats that became vacant due to the death of their former occupants. These are Cross River North, Imo North, Lagos East, and Plateau south.
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The political misunderstanding that has been lingering between the legislative and executive arms of government in Bauchi State which stalled the presentation of the 2021 appropriation to the State House of Assembly by the governor, Sen. Bala Mohammed last Wednesday may have been politically resolved.
During the plenary of The House on Thursday, two official communications from the Executive Arm were received as Presented by the Majority Leader of the House, Tijjani Muhammad Aliyu revealing that in the first message, the Governor requested the approval of the House to allow him to present the 2021 budget on Tuesday, 15th December 2020 due to the communication gap in the previous letter which the Governor requested for the presentation on Wednesday, 9th December 2020.