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The Senate, yesterday, amended the Electoral Act, 2022, to allow all elected persons ‘statutory delegates’ at all levels of government to participate and vote in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties. This is even as the Senate passed a Bill to enact the Arbitration and Mediation Act to provide for a unified legal framework for the settlement of commercial disputes. Also passed were other bills for concurrence from the House of Representatives by the chamber after a clause-by-clause consideration by the Committee of the Whole. The upper chamber, in an accelerated legislative process, considered the bill for the Amendment of 2022 Electoral Act No 13, at plenary where the bill scaled first, second and third readings, and was passed by the Committee of the Whole. The bill to amend the 2022 Electoral Act No. 13 was sponsored by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta Central). Those identified as ‘statutory delegates’ include the President, Vice President, members of the National Assembly, governors and their deputies, members of the state Houses of Assembly, chairmen of local government councils, councillors, National Working Committee (NWC) of political parties, party chairmen in the 774 local government areas, state party chairmen and secretaries, amongst others. Presenting the bill, the sponsor and Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, said the bill seeks to amend the provision of Section 84(8) of the Electoral Act. According to him, the provisions of the section “does not provide for the participation of what is generally known as ‘statutory delegates’ in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties. “The extant section only clearly provides for the participation of elected delegates in the conventions, congresses or meetings of political parties held to nominate candidates of political parties. “This is an unintended error, and we can only correct it with this amendment now before us”, Omo-Agege said. In his remarks after the passage of the bill, President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan, said that the amendment became imperative in view of the deficiency created by the provision of Section 84(8) of the extant Act. He said, “The amended Electoral Act of 2022 that we passed this year, has a deficiency that was never intended, and that deficiency will deny all statutory delegates in all political parties from participation in congresses and conventions. “And, therefore, such a major and unintended clause has to be amended before the party primaries start in the next eight days. This is an emergency legislation, so to speak. “Our expectation is that the National Assembly – the two chambers – would finish with the processing of the amendment of this bill, between today (in the Senate) and tomorrow (in the House of Representatives), and then, the Executive will do the assent. “That is so important to enable every statutory delegate to participate in the party primaries right from the beginning that will start on May18, 2022. “So, this is an emergency effort to ensure that nobody is denied his or her rightful opportunity as a delegate, especially the statutory delegates, and these are those who are elected.” The Senate president commended the efforts of his colleagues, and expressed belief that the amendment bill would be signed into law to grant the political parties hitch-free primaries in respect to who is a delegate to the conventions, primaries and who is not. Similarly, the Senate, yesterday, passed a Bill to enact the Arbitration and Mediation Act to provide for a unified legal framework for the settlement of commercial disputes. Also passed were other bills for concurrence from the House of Representatives by the chamber after a clause-by-clause consideration by the Committee of the Whole. The bills include Federal Medical Centre, Ogoja, Cross River State (Establishment) Bill, 2022; Federal Medical Centre, Igboora, Oyo State (Establishment) Bill, 2021; and Advertising Regulatory Council Bill, 2022. The four bills for concurrence were sponsored by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi (Kebbi North). In his lead debate, Abdullahi said the Arbitration and Mediation Act, 2022, seeks to repeal the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, Cap A18, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004. He disclosed that the piece of legislation recognises and enforces the New York convention on foreign arbitration awards to any award made in Nigeria or any contracting state arising out of international commercial arbitration. Abdullahi added that it also seeks the application of the Singapore convention on the international settlement agreements resulting from mediation. The four bills for concurrence were passed by the Senate after a clause-by-clause consideration by the Committee of the Whole. Meanwhile, a bill to repeal the National Secondary Education Commission Act, yesterday, scaled second reading in the Senate. The bill seeks to enact the National Senior Secondary Education Act, 2022, to prescribe minimum standards for senior secondary education in Nigeria. 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The Minister of Water Resource, Engr. Suleiman Adamu, has warned Nigerians to get prepared as 233 local government areas in 32 states including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) would experience heavy flooding this year. The minister gave this warning at the official unveiling of the 2022 Annual Flood Outlook (AFO), titled, ‘flood management and food security’, held in Abuja, yesterday. Adamu added that flash and urban flooding would be experienced in urban city centres across the country. He said:”The breakdown of the 2022 AFO shows that 233 local government areas in 32 states of the Federation and FCT fall within the highly probable risk areas, while 212 local government areas in 35 states, including FCT fall within the moderately flood risk areas. “The highly probably flood risk states are: Adamawa, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi and Bayelsa, Benue, Cross River, Delta, Ebonyi,Ekiti, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Jigawa, Kaduna and Kano, Kebbi, Kogi, Kwara, Lagos, Nasarawa, Niger, Ogun, Ondo, Oyo, Rivers, Sokoto, Taraba, Yobe, Zamfara, and the FCT. The minister further added, according to AFO, between the month of April, May and June moderate impact of floods are expected in parts of 45 local government areas, while 140 LGAs will experience flood in July, August and September. The prediction says In the month of October, November and December, 54 local government areas in the country are also at risk of floods. “The summary of the year’s AFO predicts coastal flooding for Rivers, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta Edo, Lagos, Ogun and Ondo. “Flash and urban flood are expected in urban cities centres across the country. Parts of these cities are Lagos, Kaduna, Suleja, Gombe, Yola, Makurdi, Asaba, Abuja, Yola, Port Harcourt, Yenagoa, are expected to experience flash and urban flooding in 2022. “Ibadan, Abeokuta, Benin City, Birnin-Kebbi, Sokoto, Lokoja, Maiduguri, Kano, Oshogbo, Ado Ekiti, Abakaliki, Akwa, Nsukka, Calabar and Owerri.” The minister, therefore, called on all stakeholders, policy makers and agencies to rise up with appropriate mechanism on how to curtail impending floods. In his welcome address, the Director-General, Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA), Engr. Clement Nze, emphasised on the need for farmers, policy makers to use the information provided for preventive measures. Nze added that AFO is to prepare the nation to avert the negative impact of floods. “What we are doing is veer into nature to predict what would happen”. In his goodwill message, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mohammed Musa Bello, charge developers against violation of extant guidelines to avert flood and allow for easy passage of water. Represented by Shehu Ahmed, the minister said dumping of waste in manhole, and drainages aggravate flood in urban areas.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), yesterday, said it would employ both the manual and electronic methods in the transmission of the 2023 election results. The commission also said there is a possibility of moving sensitive materials from the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to another location. The Chairman of INEC, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, said these during a consultative meeting with the media in Abuja, yesterday. Responding to a question on the political ambition and partisanship of the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, Yakubu said the commission might be forced to find another arrangement for the handling of sensitive materials. The INEC chairman said the CBN is responsible for the storage and movement of sensitive materials, adding that the commission has never doubt the capacity of the CBN to discharge that responsibility. He said, “But I understand the context in which the question is asked. But you should also understand the context in which events are unfolding. As we speak, our director, litigation and prosecution is in court. “There is a case in court. We have been invited to state our own side of the story. We usually refrain from talking about such issues because there is essentially subjudice. “But we are already started talking about what alternatives are available to us in case we need to change the arrangement for the handling of sensitive materials. We have started thinking about it. We are aware of the situation. We will watch the situation. We still have nine months before the next general election. “Things may be addressed before then. I want to assure you that we will not jeopardize the conduct of the election by creating a misconception around the situation in the process.” According to him, INEC would partner with the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to check the spending of political parties during the 2023 election. Yakubu added that the provision of the Electoral Act 2022 in the management of results was still basically manual involving the recording of results on forms and their delivery to various levels of collation until declaration and returns are made. While declaring, however, that the law still provides for e-transmission of results, Yakubu quoted Section 64 of the Electoral Act, saying electronic transmission of results would only be done in the event of a dispute during the course of collation. He said there was need to clear the misconception around e-transmission of results, saying many Nigerians equate it with electronic voting where voting can take place from any location. A brief contained in the implementation procedure for electronic transmission of results given to journalists at the parley said the presiding officer is expected to transmit a clear image of form EC8A (result sheets) for purpose of collation which goes to the INEC Results Viewing Portal. According to the document, the PO is also expected to deliver the hard copy of EC8A and the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System, BVAS to the Registration Collation Officer.
The Rivers State House of Assembly has passed two bills into law. This follows a report emanating from a public hearing and presented on the floor of the house, yesterday. The bills include, Rivers State Prohibition of the Curtailment of the Right of Women to Share in Family Property Bill 2021, and a Bill for a law for Compulsory Treatment of Victims of Gunshot Wounds. With the passage of the bill, women can now share in their families’ properties, and those with gunshot wounds can now get treatment ahead of police investigation. This followed a robust debate on the two billson the floor of the house. Commencing debate on the bill, lawmaker representing Obio/akpor Constituency Two and sponsor of the bill, Hon Michael Chinda, said he was in agreement with all the recommendations made in the report, while stressing that the report was a compendium of what transpired at the public hearing. Other members, including the lawmaker representing Okrika Constituency, Hon Linda Somiari Stewart, and his Abua/Odual counterpart, Hon Solomon Sokulu, also supported the bill, saying that women have the right to be treated equally. They commended the state government for intentionally empowering women in the state. In his remarks at end of debate, Speaker of the house, Rt. Hon. Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani, said there was no reason women should not be treated equally. Ibani commended members for their contributions, and thanked the sponsor of the bills for thinking through, knowing that society has moved on. He noted that interpretation clause would ensure that definite interpretation is given to what constitutes community property. The speaker said the two bills were very important in efforts to accelerate the development and peace of the state. He, however, divided the house for a vote. At the end of the exercise, all members present unanimously voted for the passage of the two bills.
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