Executive Vice Chairman of NCC, Prof Umar Garba Danbatta and INEC Chairman Mahmoud Yakubu
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Sun Jul 25 2021
The House of Representatives, on July 16, passed the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 into law after rancorous sessions over clause 52(2), which deals with the issue of electronic transmission of results. Daily Trust examines some of the issues trailing the passage of the bill.
By Itodo Daniel Sule, Balarabe Alkassim, Abbas Jimoh & Zakariyya Adaramola
The much-awaited Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, which was passed into law by both chambers of the National Assembly, has continued to generate controversies, especially on the aspect of clause 52 (2).
It would be recalled that on July 15, the House failed to pass the bill after it began the clause-by-clause consideration of the report of the Committee on Electoral Matters as a result of the controversy on the clause.
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