SENATE ANNOUNCES EMERGENCY SITTING OVER ELECTORAL AMENDMENT BILL

THE SENATE HAS ANNOUNCED AN EMERGENCY PLENARY SITTING FOR TOMORROW AMID MOUNTING PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER ITS RECENT PASSAGE OF THE ELECTORAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL, PARTICULARLY THE REJECTION OF A CLAUSE MANDATING REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS. THE SENATE HAS ANNOUNCED AN EMERGENCY PLENARY SITTING FOR TOMORROW AMID MOUNTING PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER ITS RECENT PASSAGE OF THE ELECTORAL...

• THE SENATE HAS ANNOUNCED AN EMERGENCY PLENARY SITTING FOR TOMORROW AMID MOUNTING PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER ITS RECENT PASSAGE OF THE ELECTORAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL, PARTICULARLY THE REJECTION OF A CLAUSE MANDATING REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS.
• THE SENATE HAS ANNOUNCED AN EMERGENCY PLENARY SITTING FOR TOMORROW AMID MOUNTING PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER ITS RECENT PASSAGE OF THE ELECTORAL ACT AMENDMENT BILL, PARTICULARLY THE REJECTION OF A CLAUSE MANDATING REAL-TIME ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS.THE DECISION WAS DISCLOSED IN A STATEMENT SIGNED BY THE CLERK OF THE SENATE, EMMANUEL ODO, WHO SAID ALL SENATORS HAVE BEEN DIRECTED TO RECONVENE FOR THE SESSION.THIS COMES AS THE NIGERIA LABOUR CONGRESS WARNED OF POTENTIAL NATIONWIDE PROTESTS AND ELECTION BOYCOTTS OVER WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS CONFUSION AND CONTRADICTORY POSITIONS BY THE SENATE ON AMENDMENTS TO THE ELECTORAL ACT, PARTICULARLY REGARDING ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF ELECTION RESULTS.MEANWHILE, THE LABOUR UNION HAS ACCUSED THE SENATE OF UNDERMINING PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN NIGERIA’S ELECTORAL PROCESS BY FAILING TO CLEARLY STATE WHETHER ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF RESULTS WOULD BE MANDATORY.
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