Falana: Reasons Buhari Does Not Want To Assent To Electoral Bill
A senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Femi Falana alleged that some governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are making President Muhammadu Buhari’s not to assent to the electoral bill. Information Guide Nigeria
Speaking yesterday at TheCable Colloquium, Falana said the president is reluctant to assent to the bill due to pressure from some governors who are worried about certain amendments in the electoral act. THE CABLE reports.
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“The president is reluctant to give assent to the bill because the powerful governors in his party, the ruling party, are saying it is going to be much more expensive for them to run direct primaries”. jamb results
“Therefore, throw away the baby and the bathwater. But where they’re actually going is that those governors have not recovered from the shock of having electronic vote. They know manipulation will be reduced to the minimum.
“That’s why they are asking the president to throw away that bill. They aren’t saying ‘take it back to the national assembly so that the area of direct primaries can be removed’.
“The bill can be rejected only on one ground. The 2018 bill was rejected by the president on the ground that it’s too close to the 2019 election. Now, the president may also say signing this bill now may be too close to the election and might cause confusion.”