The Senator representing Anambra North at the national assembly, Stella Oduah, has said she did not participate in the voting on the Election Amendment Bill at the Senate on Thursday because she could not be seen rejecting the resolution her committee had agreed on.
The lawmaker who is a member of the Senate Committees on INEC and the Petroleum Industry Bill, speaking on Friday said she refused to take part in the head count vote, and walked out of the chamber when the vote was about to commence.
This made her one of the 28 senators who didn’t vote on Thursday when the upper legislative chamber passed the bill empowering the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the National Assembly to determine the use of electronic transmission of results in elections.
The former Aviation minister and the PDP senator further noted that she could not reject the position of the committee after struggling to arrive at the resolution, and coming to plenary to reject it will be unjust which was why she walked out.
She added that in as much as number was a significant decider in parliament it was important to also take decisions keeping future projections and nation development in mind.
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