Emergency Plenary: APC’s Ayekooto Tells Senate to Be Firm on Electoral Act

Key Takeaways

• AHEAD OF THE EMERGENCY PLENARY IN THE SENATE, A CHIEFTAIN OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC, AYEKOOTO AKINDELE HAS URGED THE LAWMAKERS TO BE FIRM IN THEIR APPROACH TO AMENDING THE CONTROVERSIAL PART OF THE ELECTORAL ACT.
• AHEAD OF THE EMERGENCY PLENARY IN THE SENATE, A CHIEFTAIN OF THE ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS, APC, AYEKOOTO AKINDELE HAS URGED THE LAWMAKERS TO BE FIRM IN THEIR APPROACH TO AMENDING THE CONTROVERSIAL PART OF THE ELECTORAL ACT.THE INTERNET PERSONALITY URGED THE UPPER LEGISLATIVE CHAMBER TO IGNORE THE RANTS OF NOISY ELECTION LOSERS WHILE EFFECTING CHANGES ON THE LEGISLATION.REPORT HAS IT THAT A CROSS SECTION OF NIGERIANS, INCLUDING THE 2023 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF THE LABOUR PARTY, PETER OBI ON MONDAY STORMED THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY COMPLEX TO DEMAND THAT THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS BE MADE COMPULSORY.DESPITE CLARIFICATIONS BY THE SENATE OVER REPORTS THAT IT REJECTED ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS, THE PROTESTERS INSIST THAT LAWMAKERS MUST BE EXPLICIT BY INCLUDING THE PHRASE REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION IN THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
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