Rufai Oseni, a news anchor with Arise TV, has criticized President Bola Tinubu over the rapid signing of the controversial Electoral Act amendment bill into law.
Speaking on Tuesday during The Morning Show, Rufai questioned how the president could have properly reviewed the document before approving it. According to him, the speed at which the bill was signed suggests that due diligence may not have been carried out.
The president had assented to the Electoral Act, 2022 (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill 2026 less than 24 hours after it was passed by the National Assembly. The swift approval has sparked public debate, with critics arguing that such important legislation requires careful scrutiny before becoming law.
Rufai stressed that electoral laws are critical to democratic credibility and should not be treated as routine documents.
Rufai said, “This is an aberration to democracy. The president signed a bill in less than 24 hours. Did he go through the Attorney-General? What bill did he even sign? Who vetted the bill.
“Did the president read the bill he signed into law or he just rushed it? Have they gone through the rightful process? What did they harmonize? What is even in the bill as we speak today?
“This is the same country where we have had discrepancies between what was signed and what was gazetted. Till today, this same rubber-stamped National Assembly cannot account for the tax bill.
“The National Assembly is not serious. The same lawmakers that sang ‘on your mandate we shall stand’ to President Tinubu.
“I’m sorry but we have a good as dead opposition in this country. If we had an opposition that is thriving, by this morning they should be the ones running around filing court cases.
“I think this opposition should even go and learn opposition from the APC because they don’t look ready and organized to me.”
