2027: Citizens deserve access – CSOs demand immediate public release of signed Electoral Act

The Civil Society Network connected Election Integrity and the Electoral Act has called connected the Nigerian authorities to, without delay, marque copies of the signed Electoral Act disposable to the public, noting that citizens merit afloat entree to the instrumentality that volition govern their votes.

The Network besides tasked the National Assembly to instantly reappraisal different sections of the Act that make caller rules and ambiguities susceptible of enabling electoral manipulation.

Fielding questions astatine a citizens’ municipality hallway gathering held successful Abuja connected Sunday, Samson Itodo of Yiaga Africa, noted that the Electoral Act needs to prolong the spot reposed successful it and not make loopholes that are susceptible of being exploited by governmental actors.

He said, “As we hole to vote, 1 question lingers successful the minds of Nigerians. Will the Electoral Act of 2026 fortify the sanctity of the ballot, oregon is it simply a refining of the mechanics of contestation?

“The caller instrumentality indispensable fortify accountability and shared work due to the fact that citizens are asking, if we vote, volition our ballot genuinely go the ballot?

“We are present to interrogate the law, to place the gaps and strengths that face those gaps, to inquire whether the safeguards of the instrumentality are sufficient, and to make clarity successful implementation.”

Itodo noted that laws bash not support ideology by their specified existe...