{"id":195349,"date":"2026-02-18T19:42:51","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment"},"modified":"2026-02-18T20:48:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:48:36","slug":"tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment","title":{"rendered":"Tambuwal Accuses Senate Leadership of Rushing Amendment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has accused the leadership of the Nigerian Senate of pushing through a section of the Electoral Act without proper amendment, despite strong objections from minority lawmakers.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with the BBC, Tambuwal said tension broke out on the Senate floor after opposition members demanded a review of the controversial section of the bill but were overruled.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the initial proposal was for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adjust the notice period for elections from 360 days to 300 days.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the change was intended to align the electoral timetable with next year\u2019s Ramadan period.<\/p>\n<p>However, Tambuwal alleged that the process was rushed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was forced on us in approving a section of the Electoral Act,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmaker claimed that the information available to them suggested that the leadership of both chambers and the Harmonisation Committee had met and reached a decision that was largely reflected in the Senate\u2019s earlier position.<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThat was when we expressed our disagreement, insisting that there should have been an open vote to allow lawmakers to publicly declare their positions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tambuwal further warned that the development could create room for manipulation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe this could open a window for electoral malpractice, which is what we are trying to avoid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has accused the leadership of the Nigerian Senate of pushing through a section of the Electoral Act without proper amendment, despite strong objections from minority lawmakers. Speaking in an interview with the BBC, Tambuwal said tension broke out on the Senate floor after opposition members demanded a review [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":195348,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-195349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Tambuwal Accuses Senate Leadership of Rushing Amendment - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has accused the leadership of the Nigerian Senate of pushing through a section of the Elec ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tambuwal Accuses Senate Leadership of Rushing Amendment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has accused the leadership of the Nigerian Senate of pushing through a section of the Elec ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-18T18:42:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-18T19:48:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771444037.107436.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"854\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"853\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Tambuwal Accuses Senate Leadership of Rushing Amendment\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-18T18:42:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-18T19:48:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment\"},\"wordCount\":240,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1771444037.107436.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/tambuwal-accuses-senate-leadership-of-rushing-amendment\",\"name\":\"Tambuwal Accuses Senate Leadership of Rushing Amendment - 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