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The House of Representatives has ed a bill for second reading that seeks to ensure all election petitions are resolved before winners of general elections are sworn into office.

The proposed legislation is titled, “A Bill for an Act to Further Alter the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 to Provide for the Determination of All Appeals Arising from Election Petition Tribunals Prior to Swearing-in of President-Elect, Vice-President-Elect, Governor-Elect, Deputy Governor-Elect, -Elect of the National and State Assemblies and for Related Matters (HB. 1154).”

The Bill, sponsored by Mansur Soro, lawmaker representing Darazo/Ganjuwa federal constituency in Bauchi, alongside five other lawmakers, was ed for second reading during planeray onTuesday.

If enacted, the bill would introduce a new subsection mandating that “all appeals arising from presidential, governorship, national, and state assembly election petition tribunals shall be determined by the appellate courts prior to the swearing-in of candidates declared as winners by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).”

Additionally, the bill proposes empowering INEC to “prepare its guidelines and timelines of activities to provide sufficient time for the determination of all appeal cases before the swearing-in of candidates".

https://businessday.ng/news/article/reps--bill-to-resolve-election-petitions-before-swearing-in-president-elect-for-second-reading/?amp

Won't still stop losers from wailing.

Still won't stop Baba Tinubu from being a one term president

This bill is a futile effort, Tinubu will still be president in 2027, and all the bill does is delay the inevitable and create chaos.

Wailers will be pained

I agree

Knowing the way corruption is institutionalised in Nigeria, this law will be useless.

In an event where the petition drags for like 6 months to a year, who will be ruling?

If this had been in place,tinubu wouldn’t have been president!

tinupoo in the mud

They should a bill that allows election results to be displayed on a central viewing system in real time. Nigeria doesn't need any collation centres. That's the major place where election results are rigged.

Honestly, these house of reps be like say them sabi those in the senate....

Na now then wake up.

It will be good, if judges will be fair and fear God. If our elections are free and fair snd transparent we don't need go to court.

It's very important to clear the backlog of electoral misdemeanor before declaring someone president-elect. The bill is good.

Smh
As much as this is a welcome bill,the most important alteration to the electoral laws is the clear establishment of the independence of our electoral commission!
The power to select and control INEC officials including the chairman should be removed from the president at federal level and governors at state level!

Secondly,the use of electronic mode of transmission from the polling unit should be mandatory!
No more collation centres!

Thirdly,stiff punishment for the failure of the electoral umpire to adhere to their own laws must be explicitly clear and unambiguous!

Lastly,in order to eliminate the use of ballot papers,plans must be made for electronic voting in the nearest future!

Very good Bill,I'm in of this.

Then the elections should be held earlier b4 the swooning ceremony to avoid rushing the tribunal

Wrong move. The incumbent will always influence the outcome

zero8zero:
Won't still stop losers from wailing.

You better tell APC to sit up

Danwakae:


Still won't stop Baba Tinubu from being a one term president

You better get your act together. You guys spent 8 years telling us that Buhari was dead....and not doing anything about forming a united oppositon front.

zero8zero:


https://businessday.ng/news/article/reps--bill-to-resolve-election-petitions-before-swearing-in-president-elect-for-second-reading/?amp

In the interim, who will be the presiding officer in charge of the country?

Gbosas for the green chambers this time around. Remaining to remove the "rubber stamp" toga.

When you do good, you get applause and you do bad, you get hooting, then why not just be doing good?

alfarouq:
In an event where the petition drags for like 6 months to a year, who will be ruling?

It means every election petition would have been resolved within a set time frame before inauguration

No need for all those stupid bills, na wetin Jagaban say go happen. Naija don be so

Helinues and yarimo won't like this bill

They should a bill to make it a capital offence if Judges are found to be corrupt, and to take away the right to appoint federal Court Judges from the executive and hand that over to a body of legal luminaries

LagosOrigin:
Helinues and yarimo won't like this bill

Get a meaningful life.

You are not going to die if you decided not to troll us

Perfect one. Nobody should have the perks of the office at hand to influence anything.

I hope this is ed into Law

zero8zero:
Won't still stop losers from wailing.

Is that why you a wailing? Because APC is a failure?