A clean copy of the electoral amendment Bill will be
transmitted to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent within 7days, the
spokesperson of the House, Ben Kalu has disclosed.
Mr Kalu briefed journalists on Tuesday after the House
adopted the report of the joint committee on the electoral bill.
The House had adopted the report of the Akeem Adeyemi
conference committee which he laid on Tuesday.
Kalu, who appeared alongside Mr Adeyemi, said the lawmakers
have done their parts and it is now left for the president to assent.
“Today, we have asked the bureaucrats to pass the ball to
the executive. Within the 7days or thereabout, this particular piece of
legislation will be migrating to the president, who is interested in seeing
that democracy is grown in Nigeria.
“This he has shown by the recent election that took place in
Nigeria, where many who depended on him calling the shots from Abuja were
disappointed.”
The adoption of the report by the Committee of the whole was
not without controversy, as the Minority Leader kicked against the adoption of
the report.
He accused the Femi Gbajabiamila led House of rushing the
consideration of the report without giving the members opportunity to review
the report.
He was, however, ruled out of order by the Speaker, who
informed him that consideration of harmonization report does not require
debate.
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