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[JUST IN] Lawmakers Adopt Electronic Transmission Of Election Results

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The Nigerian lawmakers are at the advanced stage of adopting electronic transmission of election results, according to the Conference Committee report submitted on Tuesday to the chamber.

The electronic transmission of election results which is a provision. in clause 53 of the Electoral amendment act places on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) the right to transmit results without subjecting their discretion to any other organ as was firstly captured that generated controversy.

Adoption wasn’t, however, without heated debate which was brought under control by the presiding Senate President.

Before the adoption in the Committee of the whole, Senator Adamu Aliero and former governor of Kebbi State in his submission urged Senators to support the amendment in order to strengthen democracy.

He said: This is a move that will deepen our democracy and a move that will make the electorate to vote according to their conscience. This will put paid to criminals having their way as people of questionable character can no longer be voted.

Senator Smart Adeyemi representing Kogi West opposed the amendment on clause 87 which deals with direct primaries of political parties. He advocated strongly for some political parties who lack the capacity to organise direct primaries. He said it should be left for party executives to conduct indirect primaries.

However, Senator Michael Opeyemi Bamidele representing Ekiti Central Senatorial districts said every card-carrying member of a political party should be allowed to vote for their aspirants.

According to him, the mode of party primary which is determined by all party members would be more democratic than indirect where a few party executives vote for aspirants.

“I support this motion and like to mention specifically that in clause 87 that every card-carrying member of any political party should be able to vote and it is a way of giving power back to the people.

We must, therefore, not tie parties to one way traffic of conducting primaries and not because there are beliefs that governors are hijacking parties and not free parties to democratically elect their leaders.

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“Support Tinubu’s Government, Things Will Gets Better” – Former Presidential Aide, Adesina Tells Nigerians

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The former presidential aide, Femi Adesina at an event in Lagos, assured of a better Nigeria but noted that the citizens must play their part.

Adesina called for support for Tinubu’s government, asking citizens to pray and have goodwill towards the government.

Adesina made this remark in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Monday, March 25.

He said: “My message to Nigeria at this time is just to hold the fort, this place is going to get better.

“It is our country, we don’t have another one. So we must ensure that it works because no matter where we go, we will not be first class citizens. Nigeria will get it right, we will get there.

“So, let us support the government, let us pray for the government and have good will towards the government and everything is good, to get better and right,” Adesina added.

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“I Received N266Million From 2024 Budget” — Senator Abaribe Says Amid Claims Certain Senators Were Given N500Million

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The lawmaker representing the Abia South Senatorial District, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has said that contrary to the claim that some ranking senators received N500 million from the 2024 budget, he only received N266 million.

Recall that the senator representing Cross River North, Agom Jarigbe on Tuesday, March 12, revealed that senior ranking senators had received N500 million each from the 2024 budget while he got nothing.

Lawmakers who have spent at least four years in the Senate are regarded as ranking senators.

Jarigbe made the revelation on the floor of the Senate while speaking on allegations of budget padding raised by the lawmaker representing Bauchi Central, Senator Abdul Ningi.

Ningi had earlier alleged that the Senate of padding the 2024 budget, saying the National Assembly added an extra N3.7 trillion to the initial budget.

Reacting to the allegation on Arise Television on Wednesday, March 13, Abaribe said Ningi knew it was a mistake to make a claim he could not prove.

Abaribe then denied receiving N500 million as alleged by Jarigbe. He added that despite being a senior senator, he only received N266 million.

Abaribe said: “Senator Ningi knew it was going to be a mistake. He knew. He’s a member of the Senate. He can’t say he didn’t know. He’s an old Senator. He has been in the Senate before. He knew that this wasn’t correct.

“I never got 500 million. I think Jarigbe tried to clarify his statement. He came back subsequently to say, ‘No, Ningi told me I was given’, because he didn’t get. He’s also a ranking Senator.

“So, I think that at the end of the day, what you see really is that…well, I’m an APGA Senator–the only APGA Senator in the Senate. Maybe being a minority of the minority, they didn’t consider me worthy of being given. Nobody told me about that money.

“I wanted to say that, without equivocation, that both Jarigbe and the Senate leader tried to clarify this issue. Number one: nobody was given 500 million. Even a few of my colleagues called me to say, ‘Ahh you get 500 million and we dey beg.

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Senator Ningi Resigns Position Hours After Suspension By Senate

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Hours after the Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday, suspended Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP – Bauchi Central) for a period of three months, he has resigned his position as the chairman of the Northern Senators Forum.

His suspension by the Senate was a move likely to raise eyebrows across the political landscape.

Senate Ningi was suspended because of the allegation he raised that the 2024 national budget was padded to the tune of a staggering N3.7 trillion which wasn’t traced to any project.

In an interview, Senator Ningi said the Federal Government is operating two versions of the 2024 budget, And that the N28.7 trillion passed and signed by the President Tinubu was skewed against the north.

On Tuesday, during plenary, Senator Olamilekan Adeola (APC, Ogun West) had raised a motion that there was urgent need to address the allegations raised by Ningi, even if the lawmakers said they were false.

The resignation of the senator representing Bauchi Central, was contained in a letter.Senator Ningi said his decision was based on unfolding events in the National Assembly, the north and Nigeria at large.

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