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The Nigerian Senate has rejected a bill seeking to allow parties fill vacant seats in the National or State legislative chambers without bye-elections in the case of death or lawmaker\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n

The bill, sponsored by Sunday Karimi, senator representing Kogi West, seeks to save funds that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will spend to conduct a bye-election.<\/p>\n

Leading the debate on the bill on Tuesday, Karimi said in the places where Nigeria has modelled its democracy, candidates for parliamentary seats are replaced by the parties.<\/p>\n

According to him, the country\u2019s democracy is growing and there is a need to reduce the cost of governance.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe purpose of this bill is to eliminate waste in conducting by-elections by INEC.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis bill that I am proposing is what is happening in other parts of the world, like in America where we borrowed our democracy from.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is in place there is that when a candidate resigns or during the tenure he dies, they don\u2019t do another election, a candidate is nominated by the party or the state congress.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven in supreme court judgments here, it is said that the party owns the ticket. When we have such situations the party should replace the candidate.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur democracy is growing, we need to reduce costs,\u201d Karimi explained.<\/p>\n

Kawu Sumaila, senator representing Kano South, opposing the bill, said it is the people who vote a candidate into office and not any political party.<\/p>\n

At that point, Senate President Godswill Akpabio advised Karimi to step down the bill and present it again but the lawmaker declined.<\/p>\n

Upon Akpabio\u2019s voice vote on whether it should be stood down or not, the \u201cnays\u201d were louder than the \u201cyes\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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