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Voters Registration Extension. by coache(m): 12:10pm On Jan 27, 2011 |
By CLIFFORD NDUJIHE, BEN AGANDE, PRINCE OSUAGWU, TORDUE SALEM & INALEGWU SHAIBU LAGOS —WITH the concurrence of the Senate, the ongoing voters’ compilation exercise, which began on January 15 and initially scheduled to terminate on January 29 would be extended for four weeks. In essence, Nigerians who are yet to be listed as voters would have the whole of February to do so. The House of Representatives, which resumed from its five-week recess, yesterday, in its first sitting of 2011, amended Section 9(5) of the Electoral Act, 2010 in a record 25 minutes to grant the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, a window to drag on with the exercise to the end of February. This came as senators reacted angrily to difficulties being experienced by Nigerians in the on going registration of voters and ordered the INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, to appear before it today to explain the reasons behind the recurring hitches ranging from slow to rejection of finger prints by the Direct Data Capture, DDC, machines; inadequate machines and cases of theft of the machines by grps believed to be working for politicians. The Senate also ordered the Minister of Education to order the reopening of schools that were closed down nationwide as a result of the registration exercise “as soon as possible.” tuesday’s decision of the Senate followed a motion moved by Senator Victor Ndoma_Egaba on the problems being experienced by Nigerians in the voters ’ registration exercise. Meanwhile a pressured Jega has threatened to throw in the towel if pressures became unbearable just as it emerged that Avante, one of the companies that won contracts to supply the DDC machines, has defaulted and contributed to the prevailing hitches. House adjourns for two weeks The INEC amendment and the need to commence work on the Budget, made the House to swiftly adjourn for another two weeks, while its 85 Committees will work on the Appropriation Act, 2011. The amendment, Speaker Dimeji Bankole urged, should be promptly served the Senate for concurrence and assent by the President. Chief Kay Odunaro, Chief Press Secretary to Bankole, said the extension was to allow all eligible Nigerians, even those living abroad, to partake in the exercise and to give the INEC ample time to do a tidy job. Odunaro said: “With expected concurrence from the Senate INEC now has enough time to perfect its act and ensure that no eligible voter is disenfranchised. This will also enable our brothers and sisters in Diaspora to come home and register to effect changes in the polity. Already some Diaspora groups and individuals are in the country for the voters ’ registration exercise.” |
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