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2023: Buhari Must Sign Electoral Bill Immediately - Jega |SEE WHY

Afnews Editor

Jan 17, 2022

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A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to pass the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, immediately.

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According to Jega, the passage of the bill would improve the integrity of elections in Nigeria.

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The former INEC Chairman asked the Buhari administration to do everything within its power to ensure that Nigeria goes into the next elections with a new bill.

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"This country will be better off if we go into the next election with a new electoral law which will enhance the integrity of the preparations and conduct of the elections," Jega said during a Townhall Meeting on the Electoral bill on Sunday.

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While the debate over direct and indirect mode of primaries continues, Professor Jega explained that the bill contains a lot of new amendments.

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36 recommendations had been made for the bill by INEC to the National Assembly, 31 of which were approved with little or no amendments.

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According to Jega, the amendments are the first in the last 12 years, and withholding assent to the bill, over a clause, would, therefore, be detrimental to INEC's ability to adequately prepare for coming elections.

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