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Again, the obnoxious bill… Amicus Plato — Opinion — The Guardian Nigeria News – Nigeria and World News

Lai MohammedThe readers may be wondering why I say again. It is to connect the past with the present. It is about Lai Mohammed’s unrelenting efforts to hamstring the media since 2017. It is not unusual in these climes to have spacecraft in readiness to transport leaders into the clouds for them to lose their heads. Exactly 32 years ago, I wrote in these pages, drawing the attention of President Ibrahim Babangida to the cheer orchestra and the clapping crowd around him. The piece was captioned “Amicus Plato…” It reads as follows: x “In a period of disquiet, all manner of suggestion and criticisms inundate those interested in public affairs. Usually, attention shifts to criticisms to see what can be learned from upbraiding, to see who is making the criticisms and to ferret the motives of the critics. Is the criticism in the normal course of duty of professional critics? When does a critic become a security risk? In the period of unease

PIB: APC Reps Okay 3% Equity Fund for Host Communities in Absence of Minority Members

Adedayo Akinwale and Udora Orizu in Abuja 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

How Reps passed electoral amendment bill amid rancour, tension, walkout

How Reps passed electoral amendment bill amid rancour, tension, walkout
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2023 in jeopardy as Electoral Act amendment splits National Assembly

NCC, Lawmakers to take over INEC’s mandate on electronic transmission of results • 52 for electronic voting, 28 against, 28 absent as Senate passes amendment bill • Gaya votes against own report • Abaribe, Boroffice, Ordia, Olujimi, Aduda among Yes voters • Omo-Agege, Ndume, Tinubu, Kalu, Adeola, Bamidele voted No • Reps exchange blows over the electronic transmission of results • PDP, Tambuwal condemn Senate’s position on re-transmission 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.

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