Olusola Bello
Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila has allayed the fears of the general public about the possible alterations in the Electoral Act Amendment Bill as being speculated in some quarters.
The speaker who at the Tuesday plenary responded to a point on matters of privilege by Rep. Ugouna Ozurigbo (APC-Imo) said that the speculation was unfounded.
Ugouna Ozurigbo had claimed that he received information that the House Committee on Electoral Matters, Chaired by Rep. Aisha Duku (APC-Gombe) had altered the bill.
“A number of Nigerian, particularly my constituency have been calling me to expressing worry about the alteration to the electoral bill.
” I am a member of the committee, I don’t know the information going around where they said that we carefully amended section 50 sub-section 2 of the electoral bill.
“That the agreed electronically transmitted election results have been changed to manually transmitted,” he said
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“I really don’t want to speak on a report that has not yet been submitted to the house,” Gbajabiamila said.
He said that the committee had been given an assignment and would be submitted to the house once the job is finished.
“I have asked the chairman of the committee and she said that nothing of such has been done,” he said.
Gnajabiamila said that the report would be laid before the House proceed on its recess on July 14.