BREAKING: Again, Buhari Returns Signed Electoral Act To Senate | READ WHY
Faith Ukanwa
Mar 01, 2022
BREAKING: Again, Buhari Returns Signed Electoral Act To Senate | READ WHY
President Muhammadu Buhari, has again requested the National Assembly to make an amend to the recently signed Electoral Act 2022.
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This was contained in a letter addressed to the Senate and read at Tuesday, March 1, plenary by senate president , Ahmed Lawan.
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According to the letter, Buhari is seeking for section 84 (12) which has to do with the resignation of political appointees before party primaries o be deleted entirely.
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He argued that the provision of the section was undemocratic and amounted to the disenfranchisement of political appointees.
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Meanwhile, Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act restricts serving political appointees from voting or being voted for during party primaries without first resigning their current positions.
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