Walid spoke with newsmen on Wednesday in Lafia.
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Gbajabiamila, an All Progressives Congress Chieftain from Lagos told newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday that the party had more than the required number to stop the process.
Buhari, on December 6, 2018, declined assent to the bill for the fourth time, saying he is “concerned that passing a new electoral bill this far into the electoral process for the 2019 general election which commenced under the 2015 Electoral Act, could create some uncertainty about the applicable legislation to govern the process.”
The Young Progressive Party has described the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the amended Electoral Act as forwarded to him by the National Assembly as “a high level display of hypocrisy by a government professing commitment to a transparent and nonviolent elections come 2019, yet promoting actions capable of setting the country ablaze.”
Lawan told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that the Electoral Act (2010) was good enough for the conduct of the 2019 general elections.
Fagbenro-Byron said this at a news conference in Lagos to announce his campaign and political agenda.
The President gave his reasons in a letter sent to the Senate and House of Representatives on the issue
The Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organization has charged the National Assembly to save the nation’s democracy by immediately overriding President Muhammadu Buhari’s refusal to sign the amendment of the Electoral Act.
Speaking at the inauguration of his Presidential Campaign Council on Thursday in Abuja, Abubakar said signing the Electoral Act Amendment into law was necessary because elections were governed by laws and good laws are required to ensure credible elections.
The chairman of the committee, Hajia Aishatu Dukku, said this on Tuesday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Dukku, who represents the All Progressives Congress from Gombe State, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
Yakubu expressed the hope while fielding questions from newsmen on Friday in Abuja.
The Senate’s decision was sequel to the report submitted for consideration by the Senate Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission.
The bill, which was captured on the Order Paper, was stood down at plenary for more legislative work.
The Convener of the group, Nathaniel Okoro, made the call in a statement on behalf of the group, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos.
The amendment this time, however, is to be carried out behind closed door
Acting Chairman of ICPC, Musa Abubakar, made this known when he visited INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, on Monday in Abuja.
The National Youth Service Corps has directed Corps members to actively participate in the 2019 general elections and warned them against violating the Electoral Act.
The PDP, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, said Buhari’s veto did not come as a surprise since his commitment to a free and fair 2019 election was mere lip service.
Amori, who is the Political Adviser to the National Chairman of PDP, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja.