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Nigeria: Electoral Act - How Buhari's Rejection Divides Lawmakers
Daily Trust, 14 March 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari has withheld assent to the amendment passed by the National Assembly which changed the sequence of elections in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Decline Assent On Electoral Act Over Change in Election Sequence
Leadership, 13 March 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the proposed amendments to Nigeria's Electoral Act. Read more »
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Nigeria: Election Sequence - PDP Criticizes Buhari for Withholding Assent
Leadership, 13 March 2018
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has said faulted President Muhammadu Buhari's refusal to assent to reordering of sequence of general elections in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria: Electoral Act - What We Will Do Following Buhari's Veto - Senate Spokesperson
Premium Times, 13 March 2018
Members of the senate are yet to deliberate on the content of President Muhammadu Buhari's letter conveying his decision to reject amendment to the Electoral Act, senate… Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Dares Senate, Vetoes Electoral Bill
Guardian, 14 March 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday disclosed the withholding of assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2018, heightening tension in the political drama that could determine… Read more »
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Nigeria: Why I Rejected Amendment to Electoral Act - Buhari
Daily Trust, 13 March 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari has explained why he rejected the amendment made to the 2010 electoral act. Read more »
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Nigeria: Elections Sequence - Buhari Rejects Electoral Act Amendment
Premium Times, 13 March 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the proposed amendments to Nigeria's Electoral Act in the run-up to the 2019 general elections. Read more »
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Nigeria: 2019 Election Sequence: Buhari Rejects Electoral Act Amendment
Premium Times, 13 March 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the proposed amendments to Nigeria's Electoral Act. Read more »
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Nigeria: Buhari Rejects Electoral Act Amendment
Daily Trust, 13 March 2018
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the amendment to the Electoral Act, which intended to change the country's elections sequence, Daily Trust has learnt. Read more »
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Nigeria: The Politics of Election Order in Nigeria
Guardian, 12 March 2018
Since Nigeria adopted the presidential system of government in 1979, the order in which elections are held into the various elective bodies has been of curious interest. Read more »
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Nigeria: Re-Ordering of Elections - Lawyer Drags Buhari, NASS, Saraki, Others to Court
Vanguard, 7 March 2018
The re-ordering of the sequence of the 2019 general election by National Assembly has taken a new turn as an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr. Chyma Anthony, filled a suit before a Federal… Read more »
Nigerian President Rejects Electoral Act Amendment
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejected the amendment to the Electoral Act, which intended to change the country's elections sequence. The National Assembly had proposed that presidential elections be held last with lawmakers wanting their elections to be held first, followed by that of state lawmakers and governors.
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The intrigue ahead of the 2019 general elections took a fresh twist, with the Senate's approval of a new sequence for the polls. The Senate has reversed the order of elections ... Read more »
