In an open letter to the President, Olawepo-Hashim expressed concern that the current electoral timetable appears to be compressing the window for party primaries.
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The group also urged the Federal Government to make public the full details of the law, rather than releasing it piecemeal, since it was signed.
The amendment, contained in a bill seeking to strengthen provisions on political party membership, was passed during Wednesday plenary after lawmakers considered it at the Committee of the Whole.
Once a candidate loses the nomination of his party, his aspiration for that electoral cycle effectively ends until the next election.
The objective is to move regulatory oversight from reactive enforcement to proactive supervision anchored on measurable standards.
Governor Oyebanji stated this on Friday during the monthly Evening of Praise and Worship programme, at Jibowu Hall, Government House.
The opposition figures claimed that the passage of Section 60(3) of the new Electoral Act was “part of the ongoing design by the Tinubu-led APC to disorganise and weaken opposition, corrupt the electoral system, compromise democratic institutions and foist a totalitarian one-party rule on Nigeria. “
Lagos APC Spokesman, Seye Oladejo, gave the reaction in a statement sighted on Friday.
Also present are former Senate President David Mark, a chieftain of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, Buba Galadima, a former Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi, and the National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress, Rauf Aregbesola.
The National Assembly had on Tuesday harmonised the bill before sending it to President Tinubu for his signature.
Media Coordinator of the MCE, Comrade James Ezema, made this known in a statement he issued to newsmen on Monday.
Obi said this on Tuesday, a day after joining the protest at the National Assembly in Abuja over the amendment of the Electoral Act.
Joe Ajaero, President of the NLC, made this known in a statement issued on Sunday in Abuja.
The reaction was contained in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Araba Aiyenigba, on Friday in Abuja.
A coalition of over 70 civil society organizations (CSOs) advocating for credible elections, on Friday insisted on the mandatory real-time…
Speaking during an interview on Arise News on Sunday, Falana expressed frustration over the Senate’s decision to set up another committee to review the bill, which had already been passed by the House of Representatives in December 2025.
According to the EU in a statement on its final report on the polls, the lack of transparency had huge impact on Nigerians
The Eagle Online recalls the Independent National Electoral Commission had earlier fixed November 11, 2023 for the polls
It ruled that the emergence of the candidates was not in compliance with the provisions of the 2022 Electoral Act
Nigeria is not stuck in the unknown on the impact of technology, as it has infiltrated various sectors of the country.