Sen. Mustapha underscored the urgent need for electoral reforms, highlighting the rising financial burden of elections in Nigeria. The senate has passed for second reading a bill seeking to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to reduce election costs and introduce same-day voting for all elective offices in Nigeria. Titled the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, the proposed legislation was sponsored by Sen. Saliu Mustapha (APC, Kwara central) and was first read on February 12, 2025....
The bill aims to grant voting rights to a critical segment of Nigerians who, due to the nature of their duties on election days, are unable to participate in the electoral process. The senate has taken a significant step toward expanding voting rights by advancing a bill that seeks to amend the Electoral Act, allowing Nigerians on essential duties to vote ahead of election day. The bill titled, “A Bill for an Act to Amend...
The senate urged the federal government to deny allocation of councils where selections instead of elections were conducted. The senate has condemned strongly, the local government elections conducted in some states across the country describing it as a violation of democratic tenets. This is as it urged the Benue State Independent Electoral Commission to conduct elections in those places where elections did not hold and allow people to choose the representatives of their choice. This...
INEC Chairman claimed that giving INEC control over local government election would strengthen democratic practices in Nigeria. Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mahmood Yakubu, has announced the electoral commission’s capability of successfully conducting local government elections if saddled with the responsibility by law. He made this announcement on Thursday during his appearance before the National Assembly joint committee on electoral matters, which is chaired by Senator Sharafadeen Abiodun Alli (APC, Oyo South)...
