The Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC, on Tuesday reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s
refusal to put assent to the National Assembly’s amendment of the Electoral
Act.
The Director, INEC Voters
Education and Publicity, Oluwole Uzzi said, “We
would work with the existing arrangement. The status quo remains.”
When asked if the National
Assembly has the powers to re-order the sequence of elections in the country,
he said; “that would be for the lawyers to decide.”
Recall that the national
electoral umpire had earlier announced that the 2019 Presidential and National
Assembly elections would hold on February 16, while that of the Governorship
and State Assembly would hold on 2nd March.
But the National Assembly amended
the Electoral Act in such a manner that the National Assembly polls would be
first conducted before the presidential election.
But on Tuesday, a communication
was read from President Muhammadu Buhari during Senate plenary which announced
his rejection of the bill amending the Electoral Act.
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