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Abuja — The Senate yesterday passed the conference report of the Electoral Act (INEC) 2006 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2010.
It also passed the contentious N240billion Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) 2010 budget effortlessly despite the objections raised against some bogus allocations to the overhead cost, which led to it being dropped on Wednesday.
The passage of the bill was preceded by the clause-by-clause debate of the report of the conference committee on the INEC Act 2006 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2010).
The bill seeks to repeal the 2006 Act and re-enact the 2010 bill which will control wastages of fund, streamline election days and bring about free fair and credible elections in the future.
Senate President David Mark, in a remark, said the passage of the bill would instil people's confidence in the electoral process and urged everybody to ensure that they lived up to their responsibilities.
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The National Assembly deserves all commendations on the role the Distinguished and the Honourable members have collectively played in bringing about this all important Act. This Act no doubt, marks the begining of Nigeria's transition to true democracy as compliance with its povisions by ALL, is about the only guarantee that POWER will be truely transfered to the PEOPLE. The previous Acts contained nothing that ensures internal democracy within our Political Parties, Nigerians were then left at the mercy of those in the positions of authority at various levels of governance who took all advantages in the inadequecies of the previous Acts to usurp the RIGHTS and POWERS of the PEOPLE. The worst of all in the mis-use of authority to scuttle democratic processes were the states Governors most whom at resumption of office, become overnight dictators with a cocktail of commisioners, Advisers and uncountable number of Assistants and proxies taking over the whole space. Once again all KUDOS to the National Assembly.