Preparations were made on Sunday to sabotage the amended Electoral Bill, which was due to be handed to President Muhammadu Buhari for signature on Monday (today).
Governors, particularly those from the All Progressives Congress (APC), are considered to be the driving force behind the opposition to the modified Bill.
According to The Nation, the governors would put pressure on the President to delay his assent unless two clauses are modified or eliminated.
The problematic clauses address the resignation of appointed political office holders, such as ministers, commissioners, and others, before the 2023 election primary, as well as political parties’ “unworkable” consensus option when picking candidates.
Appointed political officeholders frequently continue in office while running for re-election in their party’s primary elections.
The re- amended measure has also made the Office of the Attorney- General of the Federation and Minister of Justice uneasy.
Governors and certain ministers were unhappy with ” the two harmful elements in the re- amended bill on Electoral Act, ” as they called it.
The articles include a provision for consensus and another that requires all current political officeholders to quit if they want to run for any public office in 2023.
According to a source, the governors and the National Assembly may engage in a fight of the fittest this week.
According to the source, the two sides have decided to take the fight to the President, who will make the final decision.
The source revealed that the National Assembly has incorporated two new clauses on unanimity and resignation by all political office holders before to contesting the 2023 election.
It also stated that while senatorial and house of representatives memebers agreed on the need of consensus, they proposed that before a consensus candidate emerges, all contestants sign a formal agreement stating that they approve to the adoption of such
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