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Revealed: APC lawmakers behind change in election timetable
WHILE supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari appear disturbed over the reordering of the 2019 election timetable by the National Assembly, NASS, an investigation by Saturday Vanguard revealed that the development was originally conceived by All Progressive Congress, APC, members.
The action which was carried out through the passage of a Bill for the amendment of the Electoral Act by both chambers of the NASS was gathered to be a fall-out of the internal crisis in APC, especially its perceived frosty relationship with the NASS.
Specifically, what was described as the absence of synergy between the Presidency and APC lawmakers was said to have directly informed the decision by both arms of the APC-controlled NASS.
These findings which were revealed to Saturday Vanguard by ranking members of the House of Representatives who pleaded anonymity, were also corroborated by a Second Republic lawmaker, Dr, Junaid Muhammad.
Vanguard, February 17, 2018
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