Press Release: Card Reader Not Included In Electoral (Amendment) Bill Transmitted On August 3, 2018.

Per the release I issued on September 3rd that Mr. President has withheld Assent to the above Bill forwarded on August 3, 2018 and praying that by convention the content of Presidential communication to the National Assembly should not be fully released until read on the floor, speculation has been raised that '' card reader'' provision is one of the issues that determined Mr. President's decision.

For the avoidance of doubt, I hereby state expressly that the card reader Provision addressed by section 49 of the Principal Act was Completely, Expressly And Unequivocally Excluded And Not In Anywise Part Of The Provisions Of The Bill Forwarded To Mr. President on August 3, 2018 and could therefore not form part of the consideration of Mr. President.

In the communication of Mr. President to the National Assembly on the Bill transmitted on February 20, 2018 and the 2nd one transmitted on June 27, 2018 to him for consideration, there was no mention of card reader as subject of infraction nor reservation in any manner whatsoever, although there was provision for card reader in these two previous Bills which were now expunged by the National Assembly in the August 3, Bill transmitted.

For further clarity, the Bill of 20th February had 43 Clauses, and the revised Bill of 27th June had 41 clauses. The current further revised Bill of 3rd August which now excludes the card reader has just 15 clauses in the absolute wisdom of the National Assembly and Mr. President has no constitutional or legal authority to add or remove any provision to or from what the National Assembly has transmitted to him.

Clause 19 of the 20th February transmission States:

“Section 49 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting for subsections (1) and (2), new subsections “(1)” and “(2)” –

“(1) A person intending to vote in an election shall present himself with his voter’s card to the presiding officer for accreditation at the polling unit in the constituency in which his name is registered.

(2) The Presiding Officer shall use a Smart Card Reader or any other technological device that may be prescribed by the Commission, for the accreditation of Voters, to verify, confirm or authenticate the particulars of the voter in the manner prescribed by the Commission.”

Clause 17 of the 27th June transmission adds Paragraph 3 to the above which reads

"(3) where a smart card reader deployed for accreditation of voters fails to function in any unit and a fresh card reader is not deployed, the election in that unit shall be cancelled and another election shall be scheduled within 24 hours.”

Finally, it is the withholding of Assent by Mr. President to the latest transmission of August 3, 2018, which excluded the card reader provision that has now preserved the card reader and given opportunity and vent to the National Assembly to admit the card reader provision, when reconsidering the Bill, in her absolute legislative discretion.

I pray that this will put paid to mischief and deliberate misinformation even by persons and institutions who know these facts.

Signed.
Senator (Dr.) Ita Enang
Presidential Liaison to the National Assembly.
September 10, 2018

Saraki is a fraud. He's a minion of Lucifer.

Rilwayne001:
Saraki is a fraud. He's a minion of Lucifer.

How there you take my FTC

I don't understand these people.

Naija na wa

Back to square one.

Imagine

Ita Enang has tactically dodged telling us if the President is averse to the use of an electronic card reader.

Saraki and Dogara are frauds

Waiting on what those foolish Ipob n Igbos alike have to say on this ?

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Did they think Oshibajo Prof was a dash? I will commend the executive for a well done job here as we have lazy legislative. How can they sent such a bill? In a saner clime we will be demanding a refund for this obvious waste of public resources so they can chop and chop.

Rubbish!

1x2x3:
Back to square one.

notin like back to square one , PMB didn't sign it so ... maybe they think he's a fool abi? Buhari is not interested in election rigging. so they should include card reader if they want him to sign the amendment bill . useless senate

Na them them! Mama Bomboy goat chop Mama Bomboy okra!

vas2net:
The same card reader that brought Buhari into office, that is what he is running away from. In as much as i want APC out of government asap, They would definitely win because they are already putting their rigging plans in place

I think you need comprehension medicine. Buhari isn't running away from it, he's going for it.

Saraki and co did not subscribe to change from onset.

Lol them the joke with kano boys o.. If pmb boys in kano vex nw.. Them go just include them goat and cows inside the voting process..

Saraki is a thief... he couldn't justify why he reduced the Lagos -Ibadan expressway budget by 30Billion earlier today. He has been anti-buhari from the beginning

I can read there that the presiding officers should use smart card reader or any other technology for card identifications.

the FG dose not want to sign this bill hence coming out with all these excuses.

they are simply looking for ways to use the incident form by which they can massively rig the election.

Nigerians must rise up and pressurize the president to sign this bill into law such that we have a smooth and transparent election.

Awon ode ipob juwus rejected by Israel and wailing zombies hear

Buhari/APC are already planning his rigging methods

obi4eze:
Ita Enang has tactically dodged telling us if the President is averse to the use of an electronic card reader.

Wait o, you didn't understand what you read up there abi what exactly? The electronic card reader was not added to what was sent to the president for assent by the NASS rather than ask the NASS members why they deliberately omitted it, you're asking if the president is averse to it.

How can he be against what was not even given to him in the first place.

Anyways in case you missed it, the president has already answered your question, he is not against it. Rather Saraki led NASS are so they can write figures in the SS/SE as usual

http://saharareporters.com/2018/08/16/i%25E2%2580%2599m-not-against-use-pvc-card-readers-%25E2%2580%2593-buhari&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiCrsmdw7jdAhVHFjQIHUdCABkQFggSMAQ&usg=AOvVaw1kZhAYAFSRoFVBfNroyYie

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/09/electoral-act-amendment-bill-card-reader-tool-for-credible-polls-presidency/?_e_pi_=7%2CPAGE_ID10%2C7465291995

vas2net:
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kai! Kai!!kai!!! See how comprehension and lack of understanding of English is throwing a lazy youth off balance. He no go better for your English master that teaches you English. Am sorry maybe you are even a carpenter because nairaland is full of youth and un intelligent people now.

comos:
I can read there that the presiding officers should use smart card reader or any other technology for card identifications.

the FG dose not want to sign this bill hence coming out with all these excuses.

they are simply looking for ways to use the incident form by which they can massively rig the election.

Nigerians must rise up and pressurize the president to sign this bill into law such that we have a smooth and transparent election.

The card readers were not included simple and short.

Pmb is not trying to dodge anything.

Back in 2015, GEJ did everything humanly possible to stop inec from using card readers and it took Jega and the courts time to enforce the usage of it and they succeeded. The ability to inflate figures which is always used by PDP ended.

Now this present crop of PDP agitators want to follow the same blueprint of GEJ by mischievously removing the card reader from the bill so they can rig by inflating figures.

They sent the first bill in February which was rejected, they sent the next one in July which was also rejected and they were told to make amendments.

Instead of making the amendments they now chose to delete portions of the bill including the card reader with the hope that pmb would not notice it. But baba always reads everything before signing and that was how they noticed the anomaly.

Saraki is a thief.

Read the attached

comos:
I can read there that the presiding officers should use smart card reader or any other technology for card identifications.

the FG dose not want to sign this bill hence coming out with all these excuses.

they are simply looking for ways to use the incident form by which they can massively rig the election.

Nigerians must rise up and pressurize the president to sign this bill into law such that we have a smooth and transparent election.

y don't u ask someone to explain to u if don't understand what is there

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comos:
I can read there that the presiding officers should use smart card reader or any other technology for card identifications.

the FG dose not want to sign this bill hence coming out with all these excuses.

they are simply looking for ways to use the incident form by which they can massively rig the election.

Nigerians must rise up and pressurize the president to sign this bill into law such that we have a smooth and transparent election.

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Only thieves and corruptionists will support signing a document with so many errors.how much they pay some people to lie for criminals makes little wonder why things are the way they are in this country.

This house of representatives of a thing is a big hindrance to the development of the country

vedaxcool:
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Only thieves and corruptionists will support signing a document with so many errors.how much they pay some people to lie for criminals makes little wonder why things are the way they are in this country.

Don't mind those Looters media crew paid gang. They will even lie against their own father all because of the 15k a month allowance they are getting from the looters and thieves and fraudsters in PDP

Buterflyle0:


Don't mind those Looters media crew paid gang. They will even lie against their own father all because of the 15k a month allowance they are getting from the looters and thieves and fraudsters in PDP

It is sad, if they work hard they can earn more than that but prefer laziness to hardwork

If the card reader is not Included In Electoral (Amendment) Bill, what stop the Presidency from amending it and forward to the legislators if they are keen in improving on our electoral act. All this blame game and shifting the post won't help anyone.
Besides, this is the 3rd time he is withholding his assent without making any input to it.