Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has dismissed the allegation that the National Assembly is deliberately delaying work on the amendment of the Electoral Act 2022.
Naijaonpoint recalls that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, in a post via his 𝕏 handle, accused the National Assembly of deliberately stalling amendments to the Electoral Act 2022.
Atiku stated that a significant setback to the 2023 elections is the loopholes in the Electoral Act 2022 that paved the way for the brazen rigging, and the near-impossibility of petitioners to advance their cases in the courts.
The former Vice President warned that such delays amounted to a premeditated effort to compromise the credibility of the 2027 general elections.
However, responding to a question from a journalist during his media chat at his country home, Bende, Bende LGA of Abia State on Friday, Kalu said Atiku’s claim was not true.
He assured the Nigerian electorate that the House of Representatives has done a lot to fill any gaps and is now awaiting the Senate for concurrent legislative action, expressing hope that the Senate would soon conclude work on it.
He said, “The National Assembly is not delaying amendment of the Electoral Act. It is not true that the Parliament is deliberately delaying them, especially from the House of Representatives.”