ABUJA—APPARENTLY
disturbed by the allegation made by the Department of State Services,
DSS, that the All Progressives Congress, APC had planned to hack into
the data base of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,
the House of Representatives yesterday resolved to probe the matter so
as to unravel the matter.
Towards this, the House resolved that it would set up high powered committee to investigate the allegation and report back to the House within two weeks.
This was sequel to a motion brought to the floor of the House under Matters of National Importance by the Deputy Majority Leader, Rep Leo Ogor, PDP, Isoko Fed Constituency.
His motion was entitled: ’The unauthorized and alleged hacking into the INEC Data Base.”
Ogor in his submission had argued that” the INEC is vested by the Nigerian constitution with the responsibilities to carry out the functions of conducting elections into elective positions in the country.”
He said: ”The DSS allegations relating to the alleged plan to hack into the INEC data base is a very serious allegation”.
“And that the allegations coming at the heels of an election period calls for. Concern that should not be treated with levity.”
Ogor further that the INEC Data Base may contain highly sensitive
data and if compromised could cast heinous aspersions on the integrity
of the forth coming elections.
According to him, the House was convinced: that the voters registration information and data, habouring specific strategies and modalities on which INEC deployment of election plans and anchored may be in the data base.
At this stage, the Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal put the debate to a voice vote and it was unanimously adopted.
Also yesterday, the House asked INEC to allow Nigerians who had temporary voters cards and their names were in the voters registration list vote.
In a motion entitled:”The use of Temporary Voters’ Card for elections and sponsored by the Minority Leader of the House, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, APC, Surulere Federal Constituency, the House noted that” for the purpose of the elections referred to above, INEC had been issuing permanent voters’ cards to eligible voters in replacement of the temporary voters’ cards issued to Nigerians for about four years now.
He expressed concern that the general elections being just four weeks or 31 days from now, it is very unlikely that the commission will be able to distribute the permanent voters’ cards to all registered and eligible voters before the elections.
“If the current position of the commission (that only voters with the permanent voters’ cards are qualified to vote) is not addressed, many registered and eligible voters will be disenfranchised in the 2015 general elections to the detriment of the growth of democracy in Nigeria.
The House in plenary resolve that the commission should include in its election guidelines for the 2015 general elections a provision(s) allowing registered voters with the temporary voters card whose names are on record to vote during the 2015 general elections.
When put to voice vote by Tambuwal the ays carried the day.
Meantime, the House of Representatives also yesterday stepped down the 2015 Appropriation bill due to lack of enough copies for lawmakers to study.
House Majority Leader, Rep Mulikat Adeola-Akande, PDP, Ogbomosho/Orire Federal Constituency had explained to the presiding officer that the bill be stepped down till today “as lawmakers got few copies earlier and will need to study the document first.”
Towards this, the House resolved that it would set up high powered committee to investigate the allegation and report back to the House within two weeks.
This was sequel to a motion brought to the floor of the House under Matters of National Importance by the Deputy Majority Leader, Rep Leo Ogor, PDP, Isoko Fed Constituency.
His motion was entitled: ’The unauthorized and alleged hacking into the INEC Data Base.”
Ogor in his submission had argued that” the INEC is vested by the Nigerian constitution with the responsibilities to carry out the functions of conducting elections into elective positions in the country.”
He said: ”The DSS allegations relating to the alleged plan to hack into the INEC data base is a very serious allegation”.
“And that the allegations coming at the heels of an election period calls for. Concern that should not be treated with levity.”
Voter’s cards seized by the Department of State Services(DSS) from the APC data centre in Lagos.Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan
According to him, the House was convinced: that the voters registration information and data, habouring specific strategies and modalities on which INEC deployment of election plans and anchored may be in the data base.
At this stage, the Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal put the debate to a voice vote and it was unanimously adopted.
Also yesterday, the House asked INEC to allow Nigerians who had temporary voters cards and their names were in the voters registration list vote.
In a motion entitled:”The use of Temporary Voters’ Card for elections and sponsored by the Minority Leader of the House, Rep Femi Gbajabiamila, APC, Surulere Federal Constituency, the House noted that” for the purpose of the elections referred to above, INEC had been issuing permanent voters’ cards to eligible voters in replacement of the temporary voters’ cards issued to Nigerians for about four years now.
He expressed concern that the general elections being just four weeks or 31 days from now, it is very unlikely that the commission will be able to distribute the permanent voters’ cards to all registered and eligible voters before the elections.
“If the current position of the commission (that only voters with the permanent voters’ cards are qualified to vote) is not addressed, many registered and eligible voters will be disenfranchised in the 2015 general elections to the detriment of the growth of democracy in Nigeria.
The House in plenary resolve that the commission should include in its election guidelines for the 2015 general elections a provision(s) allowing registered voters with the temporary voters card whose names are on record to vote during the 2015 general elections.
When put to voice vote by Tambuwal the ays carried the day.
Meantime, the House of Representatives also yesterday stepped down the 2015 Appropriation bill due to lack of enough copies for lawmakers to study.
House Majority Leader, Rep Mulikat Adeola-Akande, PDP, Ogbomosho/Orire Federal Constituency had explained to the presiding officer that the bill be stepped down till today “as lawmakers got few copies earlier and will need to study the document first.”
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