{"id":83232,"date":"2021-07-06T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T08:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=83232"},"modified":"2021-07-06T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-06T08:58:00","slug":"nass-to-pass-electoral-act-amendment-bill-in-2-weeks-%e2%80%95-lawan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/nass-to-pass-electoral-act-amendment-bill-in-2-weeks-%e2%80%95-lawan\/","title":{"rendered":"NASS to pass Electoral Act Amendment Bill in 2 weeks \u2015 Lawan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly is working towards passing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill in the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nLawan said this at the inauguration of Mr Abimbola Yusuf, as Chief Commissioner of the Public Complaints Commission (PCC) and 37 other Commissioners from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>He has urged Nigerians who were not comfortable with certain clauses in the ongoing amendment, to take their complaints to their representatives, for consideration before the passage of bill.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cThe national assembly is embarking on the amendment of the Electoral Act probably by next week or within the next two weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is very important that those who feel very strongly about any amendment that they think should be effected in the Electoral Act should contact or talk to their members of House of Representatives as well as distinguished Senators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to state categorically clear here that presiding officers are not the ones to determine what is coming or what is not.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cSo it is very important that in the same fashion, in the same way, the Public Complaints Commission is utilised properly by the general public,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He assured the PCC of the national assembly\u2019s support towards tackling its challenges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are making efforts to overcoming the challenges facing the commission which is largely funding,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Lawan, while noting that millions of Nigerians were ignorant of the workings and powers of the commission, urged the commissioners to embark on omedia campaigns to enlighten the public on its activities.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila said that the commission was a product of necessity due to human rights abuses, societal victimisation, high headedness and practices of maladministration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuch ugly practices are been noticed in Nigerian workplaces and this promoted the birth of the commission in 1975 and its metamorphosis into a statutory vehicle in 2004.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main purpose of bringing the PCC on board was to curtail all forms of injustices in public administration in Nigeria,\u201dGbajabiamila said.<\/p>\n<p>He urged the commissioners to bring to play, all the necessary ingredients needed in public administration for workers protection, for the benefits of Nigerians and residents of Nigeria irrespective of ethnicity or religious inclinations.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Amos Ojo, National Assembly, clerk, urged the commissioners to be ambassadors of Nigerian Conscience and do their job with diligence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is to ensure that those who had been cruelly rusticated through administrative wickedness are able to access justice across the country,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, says the National Assembly is working towards passing the Electoral Act Amendment Bill in the next two weeks. 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