Constitution Review: Reps insist on electronic voting today
*As AC N legislators vow to vote against LG autonomy By Emman Ovuakporie ABUJA—INDICATIONS emerged, yesterday, that the House of Representatives would vote via electronic device today to determine the various clauses in the Constitution Review Report considered by members last Thursday. Also, feelers from Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, point to the fact that its lawmakers may massively vote against local government autonomy. A source who confided in Vanguard, said: “ACN lawmakers from day one had insisted that it is true federalism they would stand by, not any local government autonomy that would rubbish them at the end of the day. Just imagine their line of argument and they call themselves progressives before all Nigerians when actually they are conservatives." Further investigations into the issue revealed that the House leadership, apparently sensing danger, decided to use the electronic voting device which would indicate the manner individual lawmaker voted. It was also gat...