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Nigeria: Senate Rejects Amendement of Electoral Act Despite Buhari’s Request to Expunge Section 84(12)
By Derrick Bangura
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President Muhammadu Buhari’s request to amend Section 84(12) of the Electoral Act has been rejected by the Senate.
The request was unanimously rejected by lawmakers during their discussion of a clause that prohibits political appointees from running for office at the party primary level without resigning.
After the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi, made the lead debate for second reading of the bill, many of the Senators kicked against it and voted no when put to voice votes
