By Tony Akowe, Abuja
Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila has dismissed media reports lawmakers have removed electronic transfer of election results from the Electoral Act amendment bill.
The Speaker said the Committee saddled with the responsibility of working on the Electoral Act was yet to submit a report to the House.
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The Speaker’s statement was sequel to an observation by a member who said his constituents have been calling him to demand why the lawmakers would refuse electronic transfer of election results.
The Speaker said the House will follow it’s normal procedure in considering clause by clause of the Bill when the Committee submits it’s report.
According to him: “I have asked the Chairman of the Committee and she told me that she was not aware of that.”
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