Anambra State House of Assembly has further amended the Anambra State Electoral Law, for the third time in 2024, ahead of the local government elections scheduled for September 28, 2024.
The amendment comes under Section one hundred and ten of the Principal Law, where a new subsection four was inserted to show clarity in the parent law, and which seeks to dissolve the local government Council at the expiration of a period of two years, commencing from the date of inauguration of the council.
House of Assembly Correspondent, Emmanuel Chigbata reports other amendments addressed typographical errors in the law.
During the plenary, the amendments passed through the first, second, and third readings, in line with the Standing Order of the House, in Order seventy four, clause one, where the rule allows the three readings to be completed in one day with the approval of a two-thirds majority of the present members.
The motion for the amendment was moved by the Chairman of the House Committee on Public Petitions and member representing Anambra East Constituency Barrister Obi Nweke who emphasized that the amendments were necessary to prevent a gap in the local government system and to avoid ambiguity in council tenure, ensuring that the law is clear and to reduce unnecessary litigation.
The Speaker, Right Honourable Somtochukwu Udeze while reading out the bill, which was supported by the lawmakers through voice vote, stated that the law shall be cited as Anambra State Electoral Amendment No 3 Law and would come into force, yesterday, Thursday 12 September, 2024.
He stated that the tenure is already stipulated in the parent law, but the amendment was to make it all encompassing, for Chairmen, Deputy and Councilors.
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