positivethought:
APC n deceit, ifthe card reader is so important why did thethe president refused to sign the earlier bills with its provision?, the simple truth is APC/buhari are not interested in alterations to the electoral laws for now no matter it short comings, they view any alterations now to be against them n will always come up with all sort of excuses real or imaginary to avoid it,so all these explanations are balderdash.

Ask Jonathan who refused to sign a constitutional amendment bill the same question
Ask the NASS that killed the constitutional amendment in 2007 because of 3rd term issue
You should also ask yourself why inspite of your declaration of your undying love for your fiance you refused to proceed with the marriage because your father-in-law says you must renounce your village and become a citizen of their village

buchibrand:
The first one it was there you No sign, the second one it was there you No sign with flimsy reasons, now you are claiming it has been removed and that informed your decision not to sign. Who is fooling who? Could it be that someone is afraid to sign the bill?

Well as a patrotic Nigerian (not some pshycophants and bigots here) I will wait for the response of the National Assembly before making my final point.

I stand for a better Nigeria not any politician or political party.

Tell us the flimsy reasons

thunder74:
How I wish some of you commenting above can understand the letter

Please read again and this time slowly,

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.

Where is August transmission?
The Senate and House sent a bill to you in February and June and included Smart Card Reader and curiously in the August amendment, the card reader was allegedly omitted and you failed to tell us how the new section was drafted and you want us to believe that the reason you declined assenting it was because of card reader, somebody should explain please.

Interesting thank for analysis.

Mosesm:


The reason adduced for [v] withholding assent always state the reason which are the inputs you are talking about. This is not an oversight on the part of whoever drafted the Act but intentioned to cause chaos. But PMB always meticulously read before signing and with PYO to advise him.

Well said, Mosesm.

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Buterflyle0:


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 abnormally.

Saraki is a thief.

Read the attached

I am one of your early day converts because I like the way you present your arguments with facts and figures.
However correct the "abnormally" to anomaly.
Keep up the good work and keep churning out the facts.

aycorporat:

I am one of your early day converts because I like the way you present your arguments with facts and figures.
However correct the "abnormally" to anomaly.
Keep up the good work and keep churning out the facts.

Ahhh baba twuale to you oo. I role for ground in salute to you oo.

I never knew I had this kind of attention oo.

I am humbled.

Correction taken and duly appended.

KEVIND:
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.

d constitution does not give d president the right to add or reduce.

Buterflyle0:


Explanation is simple.

The senate or its representatives drafted the bill and not the presidency.

The bill is drafted in a certain format which the presidency did not demand for but was done solely at the discretion of those who drafted it.

The Presidency has said that the first 2 bills had the card readers included and the last one in August had it removed.

I believe those who drafted it thought they could fool the presidency since they had already included it the first 2 times which the presidency had seen so they felt they could mischievously remove it this third time with the hope that it would not be noticed . They were wrong.

The Presidency has denied the inclusion of the card reader in the latest bill sent and have kept their own copy of what was sent to them. It is now left to those who drafted the bill to prove otherwise by showing their own copy.

If the Presidency admitted to the card reader being there the first 2 times, why would they deny the 3rd time?

My conclusion is that those who drafted this wanted to pull the proverbial " the more you look, the less you see" on the Presidency. The omission of the card reader in this last bill is true and was deliberately done. QED.

they thought mr drunkard is d one on sit who will sign anything brought to him after taking enough goscolo. BUHARI is a smart guy who always goes through any document sent to him before signing

BetaThings:


Ask Jonathan who refused to sign a constitutional amendment bill the same question
Ask the NASS that killed the constitutional amendment in 2007 because of 3rd term issue
You should also ask yourself why inspite of your declaration of your undying love for your fiance you refused to proceed with the marriage because your father-in-law says you must renounce your village and become a citizen of their village

Go n sit your ass down with your nonsense justifications, should we be going forward n doing better or going backwards n retrogressing?,let me quote for you one of my favourite line from one of Africa's greatest musical icon Lucky dube "don't look to the past it will make you pasteristic,look to the future it will make you futuristic" l hate to say this but you just sounded like of those often describes as zombies.

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.

Your brain is paining you and you don't need somebody to tell you.
Your blind hatred for Buhari has made you look more foolish than educated.

Saraki too belief in that him fish Brain.
Saraki na big time scammer, if voted he will sell Nigeria as him sell kwara..

Buterflyle0:


Explanation is simple.

The senate or its representatives drafted the bill and not the presidency.

The bill is drafted in a certain format which the presidency did not demand for but was done solely at the discretion of those who drafted it.

The Presidency has said that the first 2 bills had the card readers included and the last one in August had it removed.

I believe those who drafted it thought they could fool the presidency since they had already included it the first 2 times which the presidency had seen so they felt they could mischievously remove it this third time with the hope that it would not be noticed . They were wrong.

The Presidency has denied the inclusion of the card reader in the latest bill sent and have kept their own copy of what was sent to them. It is now left to those who drafted the bill to prove otherwise by showing their own copy.

If the Presidency admitted to the card reader being there the first 2 times, why would they deny the 3rd time?

My conclusion is that those who drafted this wanted to pull the proverbial " the more you look, the less you see" on the Presidency. The omission of the card reader in this last bill is true and was deliberately done. QED.

No, it was excluded because they thought that's the reason Buhari refused to sign it

kazeeyoung:
Saraki too belief in that him fish Brain.
Saraki na big time scammer, if voted he will sell Nigeria as him sell kwara..

I think APC should admit fault when things are wrong. Saraki is not in the committee and that committee has APC members. People should reason before typing.

ogatboy:


No, it was excluded because they thought that's the reason Buhari refused to sign it

They thought? Lol, but Buhari, as usual, gave his reasons clearly for withholding assent, and none of those reasons pertained to the Card Reader at all.

Next!

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ohh

I have a question plz is someone trying to tell me that the APC of the Legislatures are different from the in executive? So upon the majority APC is claiming in the House some stupid ppl believe that saraki nd dogara are the only ppl doing all the amendments like its dere personal bizz some ppl need to wake up

we no need them anymore, they want to rule us by force

Tripleoluwa:



Thanks jare.

I read with amazement how some people read and comment on this forum. One of them, called "Whitebeard" said the Nigerian army is backward when a Nigeria soldier's picture, carrying radio communication gadget, made front page here sometimes ago. He said the army should be using smart phones in Sambisa forest. You can imagine!

Since that time, I know some people need comprehension medicine

in your mind now u have made sense..!

"Reasonable" people gave me the "reason" why the radio is still being used..!!

Cause based on what I know..there are thinz I know dat u dont know..well u dont see me running about on nairaland seeking for "knowledge medicine" for u..!!

duwdu:


They thought? Lol, but Buhari, as usual, gave his reasons clearly for withholding assent, and none of those reasons pertained to the Card Reader at all.

Next!

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And what was the vague unpublished reasons he gave??

ogatboy:


And what was the vague unpublished reasons he gave??

"...vague unpublished?"

Lol; how can you say the reasons were unpublished, and in the same expression say they were "vague?" How did you then know the reasons were vague if you claim they were unpublished? This shows that your mind is a typical pathologically closed one, my friend.

I now honestly think you're not worth having a discussion with, sorry. Bye.

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duwdu:


"...vague unpublished?"

Lol; how can you say the reasons were unpublished, and in the same expression say they were "vague?" How did you then know the reasons were vague if you claim they were unpublished? This shows that your mind is a typical pathologically closed one, my friend.

I now honestly think you're not worth having a discussion with, sorry. Bye.

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Typical of APC supporters, name calling but if they call u guys name, una go dey para. I simply asked à question