Abok, who represents Jos East State Constituency, is the immediate Speaker, who was impeached in October last year.
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The first term senator and former top banker expressed his delight when he spoke with journalists in Ikorodu on Sunday.
This call was made on Thursday, March 17, 2022, after BudgIT published its 2022 Federal Government Budget Analysis Consultative Memo titled Leveraging Budget Reforms for Economic Development.
Epelle gave the commendation Sunday in Abuja, when he featured on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum.
While commending the drafters of the Act for the wealth of industry and Mr. President for leaving behind a great legacy in our electoral process, it is pertinent to draw attention to the provision of Section 29(5) of the Act which limits the power to challenge the Constitutional qualification of a candidate for an election to only an Aspirant.
Those who joined were the First Ladies of Ekiti Erelu Bisi Fayemi; Edo, Betty Obaseki and Akwa Ibom, Martha Udom.
President Muhammadu Buhari had in a letter asked the federal parliament to consider the outright deletion of Section 84 (12).
The women, under the aegis of Nigerian Women Groups, had last week protested against the action of the lawmakers.
The Co-convener of the groups, Dr. Abiola Akiyode-Afolabi, stated this during a virtual news conference on Sunday in Abuja.
During the plenary session on Tuesday, a bill seeking to give at least ten slots to women as ministers and commissioners in the federal and state governments failed at the upper legislative chamber.
The delegation left the country in order to “witness” the evacuation of Nigerians fleeing Ukraine in the wake of Russia’s attack.
They were not allowed access into the National Assembly by security agents.
It is pertinent to recall that during the ceremony, Mr. President voiced his reservation with respect of the provision of Section 84(12) of the new Law. According to the statement credited to Mr. President, he noted that the said provision is in conflict with extant constitutional provisions.
The bill was accompanied with a letter dated February 21, 2022, read during plenary by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan.
The lawmakers rejected the proposal during the Clause by Clause electronic voting on amendment of 1999 Constitution.
The bill seeks alteration to Section 67 of the Principal Act by inserting after subsection (3), a new subsection (4).
Over 50 Senators voted against the immunity for the presiding officers in the National Assembly and judicial arm of government while 29 voted in favour of the bill.
Senate President, Ahmad Lawan said that the bill had conclusively failed to be passed as the Senate President declined to announce the outcome of the voting on the amendment.
The bill is aimed at overiding Mr. President if he fails to sign budget as passed by the National Assembly.
Buhari had last week signed Electoral Act, he however urged the National Assembly to remove Clause 84 from the amendment bill.