The bill for a law to establish the
Delta State Independent Electoral Commission, DSIEC, 2017, has passed second
reading on the floor of the state House of Assembly.
The second reading followed the conclusion
of debate on the merits of the bill at plenary presided over by the Speaker,
Sheriff Oborevwori.
Oborevwori referred the bill to the
joint House Committees on Local Government and Rules, Business, Legal and
Judiciary and directed it to report back to the House within two days.
Also at plenary, the speaker
reassigned 21 bills, which had been under scrutiny by adhoc committees to
the relevant standing committees of the House announced a week ago.
Majority Leader, Tim Owhefere,
who moved the motion for the second reading of the bill, which was seconded by
Oboro Preyor, also led debate on merits.
Owhefere said the business of
lawmaking was dynamic hence the need to repeal the DSIEC law and enact a new
one, adding that the development was to correct defects noticed in the
repealed law made by the House in 2012 to be in tandem with the modern day
realities in electoral process.
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