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Members of the House of Representatives from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), yesterday in the absence of their opposition counterparts, passed the controversial three per cent equity shares for the oil producing communities in the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB).
Recall that lawmakers from the Niger Delta region protested the percentage, insisting on five per cent for host communities, which led to its postponement on Thursday.
At the yesterday special session, the APC lawmakers suddenly moved the motion after the opposition lawmakers staged a walkout to brief the press on their disagreement with the non-inclusion of the electronic transmission of election results in the electoral amendment bill. Speaking on the issue before the report was laid by the Committee Chairman, the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila who explained that the House had suspended the laying of the report; so that the chairman of the PIB ad-hoc committee could g
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It was a raucous scene at both chambers of the National Assembly yesterday, over the mode of transmission of results by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on election day. x
Trouble started when the red chamber attempted to amend Clause 52(3) of the new Electoral Act. The joint National Assembly Committee on INEC and Electoral Matters had recommended that INEC should reserve the power to transmit results by electronic means where applicable on the day of the election.