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| DailyTrust Online | Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | 2023: Lawan Assures Of Speedy Passage Of Electoral Reform Bills | Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday, September 29 assured of speedy passage of electoral reform and Constitutional amendment bills. Lawan stated this in his opening remarks at the resumption of Senate plenary. According to him, the amendment was to enhance free, fair, transparent and credible elections in Nigeria, assuring that the Red Chamber will ensure speedy work on the constitution review exercise. He stated thus: “Our 1999 Constitution as amended needs to be reviewed from time to time to improve the quality of governance and ensure stability in our polity. The Senate Committee on the Review of the Constitution has already invited memoranda from citizens and organisations alike. The Senate will ensure speedy work on the review exercise." Lawan’s statement came 24 hours after the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) announced that it had commenced the process that would lead the country to automated voting or electronic voting system. INEC National Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu stated that the Commission had invited manufacturers of electronic voting machines around the world to demonstrate how the machines work, preparatory to full migration from manual to electronic voting in the country. | Electoral Reform, Senate President Ahmad Lawan | https://dailytrust.com/2023-lawan-assures-of-speedy-passage-of-electoral-reform-bills | 15 |
| ThisDayLive Online | Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | Gbajabiamila Directs Re-gazetting of Water Resources Bill for House Reconsideration | After a rowdy session over the controversial Water Resources Bill at the House of Representatives on Tuesday, Septmeber 29, the Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, has directed that the bill be published in the House gazette for reconsideration. The bill has continued to generate a lot of ripples in the country since its reintroduction with some sections of the country alleging that the bill was part of a grand plot to seize their water resources and take over their land for use as RUGA settlements, even though the Federal Government has insisted that those opposing the bill were ill-informed. However, Gbajabiamila’s directive at the resumption of plenary followed a point of order raised by Hon. Mzondu Bem, who stated that he was deprived of his legislative privilege of sighting the gazetted copy of the bill, and as such could not participate in the consideration of the report by the Committee of the Whole, which also deprived him his rights and privilege of representation to his people. The lawmaker, who represents Makurdi/Guma Federal Constituency in Benue State, cited Order 6, Rule 1 (1), 2 and 3, under Matters of Privilege to back his argument, insisting that it was in an effort to eliminate the “element of surprise” that the House in its wisdom included in its Standing Rule that every Bill must be published in its gazette or clean copies be circulated. Bem insisted that he was misled by the use of Order (12) Rule 18 of House Standing Orders, stressing that it was an issue of law and procedure, while adding that the onus of interpretation lies with Gbajabiamila. He noted that while the bill was labeled as Bill 2020, it was not considered as Bill 2020. The lawmaker, relying on Order 7 Rule 8 moved that the House should rescind/expunge its decision of July 23, 2020, which adopted the bill to have been read the third time from the records of the House since the decision did not meet the laid down procedures and conditions of the House. | Water Resources Bill, House of Representatives | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/30/gbajabiamila-directs-re-gazetting-of-water-bill-for-house-reconsideration/ | 15 |
| ThisDayLive Online | Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | INEC Ondo: Edo Election Puts Us under Pressure in Ondo | The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Tuesday, September 29 stated that the successes recorded in the recently conducted Edo State governorship election has put the Commission under more pressure as preparations continue for the October 10 poll in Ondo State. The Head of Voter Education and Publicity of INEC in Ondo State, Ms. Rosemary Adeniyi, stated this at the opening of the Workshop for Training of Community Voter Education Providers, organised by the European Centre for Election Support (ECES) in conjunction with INEC. Adeniyi, who was presented by her deputy, Mr. Babalola Lebile, stated that the importance of voter education cannot be overemphasised, describing the exercise as crucial to election. Speaking at the event, the ECES Senior Project Officer, Mr Sylvester Somo, stated that voter education is a major solution to reduce apathy. Somo told participants who were drawn from the 18 Local Government Areas of Ondo State, that their mission, was to assist INEC in the task of educating voters on what they should do and not do during election. | Ondo State governorship election, INEC | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/30/inec-edo-election-puts-us-under-pressure-in-ondo/ | 15 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | Jegede Accuses Thugs of Disrupting Campaign | The Eyitayo Jegede Campaign Organisation on Tuesday, September 29 alleged that the campaign team of the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr Eyitayo Jegede, was attacked by suspected political thugs at Ipele community in Owo Local Government Area of the State. The PDP campaign team alleged that the attack was a handiwork of youths suspected to be thugs loyal to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). In a statement titled, ‘Attack on the PDP team in Ipele Owo,’ the organisation stated that, “Our campaign team was again attacked by members of the APC in Ipele who had blocked access to the palace of the king and the maternal home of the PDP candidate, in a bid to deny him access to both places earlier scheduled to be visited by Mr Eyitayo Jegede. Prior to our entry into Ipele, touts and miscreants belonging to the APC had unleashed terror on our members. These miscreants were dispersed by a joint team of police and NSCDC officers. We would like to warn the APC and its outgoing government to know very clearly that no single individual has the monopoly of violence. While we are very cautious about the broad implication of promoting violence in this election, we however would not be intimated in our pursuit of victory in the polls.” In response, the spokesman of the Akeredolu Campaign Organisation, Mr. Richard Olatunde, stated that it was rather the PDP that unleashed terror on innocent citizens. He also alleged that billboards belonging to Akeredolu at Emure Junction on the way to Akoko South West Local Government were destroyed. | Ondo State governorship election, Eyitayo Jegede | https://punchng.com/jegede-accuses-thugs-of-disrupting-campaign/ | 15 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | Minister Seeks Constitutional Backing For 35% Affirmative Action | The Minister of Women Affairs, Pauline Tallen has on behalf of Nigerian women demanded that the 35 per cent affirmative action in favour of the female gender be taken into consideration in the current effort by the National Assembly to review the 1999 Constitution. Specifically, the Minister stated that the Constitution should have a provision which will make it mandatory for all political parties to ensure that “35 per cent quota should be used for candidates' selection.” Tellen stated this in a keynote presented on her behalf by her Special Assistant, Jummai Adonijie, during the opening ceremony of national review conference with the theme, ‘25 years since Beijing: Accelerating commitments in Nigeria,’ organised by the Nigerian Women Trust Fund, with support from Ford Foundation, in Abuja, on Tuesday, September 29. Tallen stated that, “The recent call by the Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the review of the 1999 constitution, which again commenced the process of further alteration to the provisions of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) is perhaps the climax of such efforts by Nigerian women to add their voice to the entire process. In response to the recent call, Nigerian Women, young and old, women with disabilities and representatives of professional women groups and the National Council of Women Societies have under the aegis of my ministry, made their submission, hoping that all the issues raised will be addressed. We demand Affirmative Action measures to be incorporated into the new constitution. There is a need for the reform of the Constitution that will make it clear that each (political) party must adopt the quota system and the issue of reserving seats for women.” | 35% Affirmative Action, Pauline Tallen | https://punchng.com/minister-seeks-constitutional-backing-for-35-affirmative-action/ | 15 |
| Punch Newspaper | Wednesday, September 30, 2020 | PDP NWC Ratifies Sacking of Osun State Chairman | The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday, September 29 ratified the sacking of the party’s Osun State Chairman, Adesoji Adaggunodo, who was removed from office following a vote of no confidence passed on him by the State executive. This was contained in a statement titled “PDP NWC Ratifies Removal of Osun State Chairman, Directs Deputy to Take Charge,” signed by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan, in Abuja. Ologobondiyan stated thus: “The National Working Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party has ratified the removal from office of the Osun State Chairman of our party, Hon. Adesoji Adagunodo, following the validation of a vote of no confidence passed on him by the State executive. The decision of the NWC is consequent upon the report of the Sub-Committee set up by the NWC which investigated and validated the allegations, as well as the Vote of no Confidence passed against Hon. Adagunodo by the State executive, in line section 59 (2) (4) of the PDP Constitution. Consequently, the NWC has directed the Deputy hairman, Sunday Akanfe, to take charge of the affairs of the Osun State chapter pending the emergence of a substantive State Chairman in keeping with the dictates of the PDP Constitution." | Osun State, PDP | https://punchng.com/pdp-nwc-ratifies-sacking-of-osun-state-chairman/ | 15 |
| ThisDayLive Online | Tuesday, September 29, 2020 | Buhari to Present 2021 Appropriation Bill to National Assembly Next Week - Lawan | President Muhamnadu Buhari will present the 2021 budget estimate to the National Assembly next week, Senate President Ahmad Lawan has disclosed. Lawan, who spoke at the resumption of Senate plenary after a two-month long vacation, told his colleagues that he is aware that President Muhammadu Buhari will lay the 2021 Appropriation Bill before the two chambers of the National Assembly next week. He stated that the budget proposal will be subjected to scrutiny by relevant committees of the upper legislative chamber from October to November, during which heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) will be expected to defend their estimates. According to him, the Appropriation Bill is expected to be passed in the early week of December “so that it can be transmitted to the President for his assent before the end of 2020”. | 2021 Appropriation Bill, National Assembly | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/29/buhari-to-present-2021-appropriation-bill-to-nassembly-next-week-says-lawan/ | 14 |
| ThisDayLive Online | Tuesday, September 29, 2020 | Tribunal Sacks APC Lawmaker in Kwara | The House of Assembly Election Petition Tribunal, sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, on Monday, September 28, sacked the lawmaker representing Patigi in the State House of Assembly, Hon. Ahmed Adam of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for allegations of fraud and irregularities in his name. Consequently, the tribunal also declared Hon. Mohammed Yahaya of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the bye-election that was held in March 2020 for the Patigi constituency. The PDP’s candidate had approached the court on the basis that Adam deposed to false information in the EC9 form he submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). The judgment, which was delivered by the Chairman of the Tribunal, Aminat Adamu Aliyu, stated that Adam’s name on the EC9 form is different from the one on his primary school certificate, declaration of age, voters’ card and in the letter forwarded to the INEC on January 15, 2019. The Counsel to the PDP’s Candidate, Mr. Ibn Mahmud, expressed satisfaction over the judgment stating that it has reflected the true position of the law. The ruling was based on the difference between ‘Adam’ and ‘Adama’ on the certificate of the APC’s candidate. Meanwhile, the State Chapter of the PDP has congratulated the party’s flag bearer in the last House of Assembly Bye-elections in Patigi State Constituency for his victory at the elections petition tribunal. | Kwara State, Patigi State Constituency, APC, PDP, Election Tribunal | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/29/tribunal-sacks-apc-lawmaker-in-kwara-2/ | 14 |
| ThisDayLive Online | Tuesday, September 29, 2020 | 36 State Governors Institute Legal Action Against FG Over Judicial Funding | Former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Augustine Alegeh, SAN, has on behalf of the Attornys-General of all 36 States, instituted legal action against the Attorney-General of the Federation at the Supreme Court, challenging the provisions of the Presidential Executive Order No. 00-10 of 2020 compelling the State Attorneys-General to fund the High Court and other courts in their various States. The Order which was signed by President Buhari on May 22, 2020, is now being challenged as being in violation of Sections 6, 80, 81, 120 and 121 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 9as amended). Reliefs sought by the 36 Plaintiffs include: A declaration that by virtue of Sections 6 and 81(3) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the Defendant is constitutionally obligated and charged with the responsibility for funding all capital and recurrent expenditure of the High Courts, Sharia Courts of Appeal and Customary Courts of Appeal of the States, being courts created by Section 6 of the Constitution; a declaration that the Presidential Order No. 00-10 of May 22, 2020 compelling the 36 States to fund their own court, is unconstitutional; an order compelling the Defendant to fund all capital and recurrent expenditure of the High Courts, Sharia Courts of Appeal and Customary Courts of Appeal of each State; an order compelling the Defendant to refund to the Plaintiffs, all sums expended by them on capital and recurrent expenditure on courts in their various States from January 31, 2020 until the date of delivery of the judgement by the Supreme Court, among others. The Plaintiffs invoked the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court to seek a resolution of the dispute and determine the respective constitutional rights, duties, responsibilities and obligations of the parties under the Constitution. The Plaintiffs therefore, called on the Apex Court to interpret the constitutional provisions on the funding of capital and recurrent expenditure for the Judiciary. | Federal Government, State Governments, Judiciary, Funding | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/09/29/36-state-a-gs-drag-agf-to-supreme-court-over-judicial-funding/ | 14 |
| DailyTrust Online | Monday, September 28, 2020 | Ondo Governorship: Akeredolu, Jegede, Ajayi Lock Horns | Ahead of the October 10, 2020 governorship election in Ondo State, the three frontline contenders – incumbent Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, Eyitayo Jegede, and Agboola Ajayi have launched their respective political campaigns. Akeredolu is the candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), while Jegede and Agboola are the flag bearers of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Zenith Labour Party (ZLP), respectively. In the past three consecutive Saturdays, the three parties officially launched their campaigns. First was the APC which flagged off its campaign at the Akure Stadium, where the candidate of the party and incumbent Governor Akeredolu solicited the support of the people of the State for a second term. After Akeredolu was PDP candidate, Jegede who had his own campaign flagged-off at the MKO Democracy Park, Akure. ZLP candidate and the incumbent deputy governor, Ajayi, launched his campaign at Ore on Saturday, September 26 after being allegedly frustrated from using MKO Democracy Park. After the flag-off, the three parties have resumed serious campaigns in all the three senatorial districts of the State. To avoid violence, the Commissioner of Police (CP) Salami Amidu Bolaji, stated that the Police had mapped out programmes to ensure parties held their campaigns at different senatorial districts. But despite this arrangement, there have been incidents of attacks that affected all the parties (APC, PDP and ZLP), sparking allegations and counter-allegations. | Ondo State governorship Election, APC, PDP, ZLP | https://dailytrust.com/ondo-govship-akeredolu-jegede-ajayi-lock-horns | 13 |
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