The resolution was passed following the adoption of a motion sponsored by Hon Ben Igbakpa (PDP-Delta) who noted that there was no need for the House to fear anyone.
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INEC Returning Officer for the election Dr John Edor, announced the result Sunday in Ogoja.
With the new timetable, the presidential election formerly slated for February 18 2023 will hold on February 25, 2023.
Authoritative presidency sources confirmed that the President would be signing the bill into law around 12pm on the day.
Wike spoke at the inauguration of lecture halls, laboratories and offices of the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences of the Bayelsa Medical University in Yenagoa on Saturday.
The 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.
He further stated that he was told that the provision was meant for a particular individual hence the bill did not go through a thorough process before it was forwarded to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), for assent.
The PDP governors made the call on Monday in a communique issued at the end of their two days meeting in Port Harcourt.
Professor Jega said this on Sunday at the Citizens’ Townhall Electoral Bill 2021, organised by Yiaga Africa and partners.
The President gave the conditions in an exclusive interview with Channels Television, which was aired on Wednesday evening.
Gbajabiamila said this on Thursday in Lagos at the commissioning of various projects in his Surulere l Constituency.
Senator Adamu made his position known in an interview he granted the News Agency of Nigeria in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, spoke with newsmen on the development on Friday in Abuja.
That has now become academic. The President has rejected the Electoral Act as amended and proposed.
Saraki spoke in a statement signed by Yusuph Olaniyonu, Head of his Media Office, and made available on Sunday.
Saraki in a statement by the head of his Media Office, Yusuph Olaniyonu, stated that the harmonization of the versions of the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill and its eventual passage should be concluded on time so as to enable the law to be assented to before the political process leading to the 2023 general elections takes off in full gear.
Yakubu made the call at the inauguration of the Joint Technical Committee on the Electoral Act Amendment Bill on Friday in Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari had declined assent to the bill three times, citing some constitutional and drafting issues.
The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has condemned the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill.
Both the Senate and the House of Representatives have reintroduced the Bill, which the President turned down largely because of the the reordering of elections sequence