In a bid to reform the country’s electoral process, the House of Representatives yesterday read for a second time an amendment bill of the Electoral Act, No. 6, 2010 to make the card reader a credible means of voting amongst others.
If adopted at the committee of the whole, accreditation of voters will solely be by the card reader in the absence of technical hitches.
Titled, a bill for an act to amend the provisions of the Electoral Act to further improve the electoral process and for related matters (HB.1425) is co-sponsored by Hon. Aishatu Jibril Dukku, Hon. Ahmed Babba Kaita and Hon. Eucharia Azodo.
Leading the debate, Hon. Dukku stated that the bill was an amendment and consolidation of ten individual bills aimed at consolidating on the gains of the 2015 general elections and ensure improved electoral process in the country.
She said “among the amendments proposed by the bill include clarifying the status of candidacy of an aspirant that dies before the election process is…
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