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The House of Representatives on Thursday stepped down the debate on the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2018 currently before it.
The announcement was made at the plenary presided over by the Speaker, Mr Yakubu Dogara.
The motion to drop the bill, which was on Item 7 of the Order Paper of the day’s proceeding, was moved by Chairman, Rules and Business, Emmanuel Orker-Jev.
Orker-Jev, who represents Buruku Constituency of Benue, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in an interview shortly after the plenary that the debate on the bill could not hold because the sponsor of the bill was in another meeting with her colleague in the Senate.
”Well, the bill is on the process of harmonisation. The Chairman of the Committee on Electoral and…
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