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A group known as Yiaga Africa and some youths on Tuesday converged at the Unity Fountain, Abuja, to demand Presidential assent to the Electoral Bill 2022.
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According to the Convener of @SituationRoomNg, Ene Obi, who posted on Twitter “Nigerians come out in their numbers to reactivate their citizenship to demand Presidential assent to the Electoral Bill 2022.
“We are live at the Unity Fountain to demand Presidential assent to the Electoral Bill 2022.The President had promised on national TV to assent to the Electoral Bill 2022, we are here to ensure that the President Buhari gives assent to it.
It would be recalled that the National Assembly had transmitted the reworked Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Senator Babajide Omoworare, made this known via a statement he personally signed after the transmission.
The statement, titled, ‘Transmission of the Electoral Bill 2022,’ reads: “The Clerk to the National Assembly, Mr. Olatunde Amos Ojo, has transmitted the authenticated copies of the Electoral Bill 2022 to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, on January 31, 2022.
“This was done in accordance with the provisions of Section 58 (3) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) and the Acts Authentication Act Cap. A2 LFN 2004.
“Mr. President had withheld assent to the Electoral Bill 2021 transmitted to him on November 19, 2021. The electoral bill was thereafter reworked by the National Assembly and both the Senate and the House of Representatives passed the same on January 25, 2022.”
The House had amended Clause Section 87 of the Electoral Act 2010, which is Clause 84 of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, by inserting the indirect primary option.