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2022

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Breaking: Electoral Act Amendment: Be Patriotic, Rep. Onuigbo Urges Buhari

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Breaking: Electoral Act Amendment: Be Patriotic, Rep. Onuigbo Urges Buhari Representative Sam Onuigbo, the member representing Ikwuano/Umuahia North/Umuahia South Federal Constituency of Abia State, and member of the House Committee on Electoral Matters, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to respond to the yearnings of Nigerians and assent to the revised Electoral Act Amendment Bill. Reportedly, the said Bill transmitted to PMB for assent on Monday, January 31, 2022. Onuigbo made this hearty call during Channels Television's "Sunrise Daily" in the early hours of February 2, 2022. President Mohammadu Buhari It would be recalled that President Muhammadu Buhari had declined assent…

ELECTORAL BILL: NASS Has Constitutional Right To Override President Says Rep. Onuigbo

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ELECTORAL BILL: NASS Has Constitutional Right To Override President Says Rep. Onuigbo The member representing Ikwuano/ Umuahia North and South FederalConstituency, Rep. Sam Onuigbo has reminded that section 58 of the constitution provides for the National Assembly to override the President "if he or she denies assent to a Bill passed by the National Assembly". This is following the recent decision of President Mohammadu Buhari to withhold assent to the Electoral Act Bill Amendment. Speaking in an interview, Rep. Onuigbo argued that the passage of any Bill must have the input of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.…

Electoral Act Amendment: Buhari returns bill to NASS, Calls for removal of Direct primaries …N’Assembly won’t override Buhari on bill, says Kwankwaso

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Electoral Act Amendment: Buhari returns bill to NASS, Calls for removal of Direct primaries …N’Assembly won’t override Buhari on bill, says Kwankwaso Review direct primaries clause, send document back for assent, President tells N’Assembly The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has asked the National Assembly to remove the clause that has to do with direct primaries from the Electoral Act Amendment Bill. The PUNCH gathered on Monday that the President, who stated this in his letter to the Senate, asked the National Assembly to remove the controversial clause on direct primaries from the bill and return the proposed law…