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Senate Rejects Buhari’s Request To Delete Clause In Electoral Act

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The 9th Senate led by Senator Ahmad Lawan on Wednesday rejected the request of President Muhammadu Buhari calling for a clause in the newly-signed electoral act to be deleted.

The lawmakers rejected the request of the president through a voice vote when it was tabled to be read a second time.

Recall that President Buhari after signing the electoral act amendment bill into law had complained about clause 84 (12) which disenfranchises political appointees.

Buhari thereafter forwarded a formal request to the national assembly for it to delete the clause.

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Naija News gathered that lawmakers at the upper chamber who contributed to the debate on the bill kicked against the amendment.

The Senate minority leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe while speaking on the development said, “it was not in the interest of democracy.

“I urge my colleagues not to allow this bill to be read the second time.”

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The deputy president of the senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, who supported the bill said the bill should be allowed to scale.

Omo-Agege said, “The framers of this constitution knew that a day like this would come and notwithstanding, they clearly stipulated in the constitution, those provisions dealing with qualification and disqualification” 

“I, therefore, rise to support that the motion as moved by the senate leader be allowed to go for second reading.”

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