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Muslim-Muslim Ticket: Senate Move To Amend Electoral Act

by Victor Ndubuisi
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Members of the Senate have recommended amending a provision of the Electoral Act 2022 in response to the Muslim-Muslim ticket run by the All Progressives Congress, APC.

Senator Smart Adeyemi, the bill’s sponsor and chairman of the Senate Committee on Aviation, notified journalists of the development on Sunday.

A draft copy of the bill with the title “A Bill for an Act to modify the Electoral Act of 2022 and for other matters linked thereto” was displayed to the newsmen.

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Adeyemi explained that the Section 84 of the Electoral Act would be amended by inserting a new subsection which states: “No political party shall nominate candidates of the same religion as Presidential candidate and Vice Presidential candidate after this dispensation”.

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“Section 84 of the Principal Act will be amended by inserting a new subsection 3 which will state thus ‘No political party shall nominate candidates of the same religion as Presidential candidate and Vice Presidential candidate after the 2023 election.

‘When this is accommodated, it will serve as a guide against any oversight such as this in the future as further occurrences will be deemed as silent policy which is capable of bringing down the fabrics of the nation.”

Speaking on the Muslim-Muslim ticket fielded by the APC, the lawmaker advised the Christian Association of Nigeria to entertain no fear.

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“Nigerians should look at the individual candidates contesting for the presidency in 2023 and not the political parties they belong to or religion they practice,” he said.

 

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