President Goodluck Jonathan (left); former Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari; former Head of Interim National Government, Ernest Sonekan; and former President Shehu Shagari; after the National Council of State meeting in Abuja ... on Thursday.
The House of Representatives on Thursday pronounced the amendment sought by President Goodluck Jonathan to the Electoral Act as “technically dead” following its rejection by the Senate last month.
However, the two House Committees on Electoral Matters as well as Inter and Intra-party Relations are still working on the Bill to produce a report to be considered at plenary.
Media and Publicity Committee Chairman, Eseme Eyiboh, and Electoral Matters Committee Chairman, Sarki Adah, told a press conference in Abuja that they are not under pressure from the Villa to make changes to the Act.
Aso Rock seeks to make Ministers, Advisers and Presidential aides automatic delegates at party primaries.
The request was rejected in the Senate, but sailed through in the House, paving the way for its possible revival.
The Senate is said to be under intense pressure from the Presidency to tinker with the Electoral Act and re-introduce measures that will give Jonathan an edge over fellow aspirants by arranging the order of primaries to give him a bandwagon effect.
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