Having thrice failed to fulfill its promise of delivering an effective Electoral Act to Nigerians, the National Assembly now has days to provide the bill.
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Electoral Bill: Group says NASS is committed to March passage, begins daily countdown
The President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, had, on December 9, 2020, promised Nigerians of the passage of the Electoral Bill on or before March 31, 2021.
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A frontline civil society organisation advocating electoral reforms, Center For Liberty, has commenced a daily countdown to the Electoral Bill passage, in line with the March 2021 deadline set by the
The Chair of the National Assembly and President of the Senate, Ahmed Lawan, had, on December 9, 2020, promised Nigerians of the passage of the bill on or before March 31, 2021. He regretted their inability to pass it in 2020.
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By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA
A group of civil society organisations, CSOs, on the platform of the Coalition for Constitutional and Electoral Reforms, Sunday, called on the National Assembly to give Nigerians a New Year gift by ensuring the passage of the electoral amendment bill at first sitting in 2021.
The CSOs said that it was sad that the much-anticipated December 2020 target for the passage and transmission of the bill for assent by the President was missed.
Against that backdrop, the coalition stressed the need to have the electoral bill passed and signed this month, adding that doing so was instructive, so that it could be tested and used in good time for the 2021 Anambra governorship election.