Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA) has been directed by the senate to transmit a structure alteration invoice No. 58 to President Muhammadu Buhari for assent consistent with the provisions of the Authentication Act. The invoice which seeks to supply for independent candidacy in presidential, governorship, nationwide and state assemblies and native authorities councils elections. The clerk was additionally directed to transmit to the president, structure modification invoice No. 46, which seeks to incorporate the presiding officers of the National Assembly within the membership of the National Security Council. The independent candidacy invoice states that for any Nigerian nationwide to contest presidential election as independent candidate, she or he should acquire the verified signatures of at the least twenty per cent of registered voters from every State of the Federation supplied {that a} registered voter shall not signal for multiple independent candidate in respect of the identical workplace. For governorship, the independent candidate should acquire the verified signatures of at the least twenty per cent of registered voters from every of the native authorities areas of the state. Anyone prepared to contest National Assembly elections should acquire the verified signatures of at the least twenty per cent of registered voters from every of the native authorities areas within the respective senatorial district or federal constituency. It additionally empowers the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to prescribe the fee of administrative charges by independent candidates for respective elections. The electoral physique should additionally waive fifty p.c of the executive charges for ladies candidates. The put up National assembly approves independent candidacy for elections appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.
