Nigeria has announced election dates for next year’s general elections which are set to usher in a new president for the country
Nigeria has announced the general elections date as between April 7 and
29 April next year. According to Maurice Iwu, the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, the mode of the election was still
unclear as the Commission was still waiting for parliament to pass
the new electoral bill into law.
The new law is set to pave way for the introduction of electronic voting for the first time in Nigeria. The system which has been widely used in the US has received phenomenal success.
The incumbent, Olusegun Obasanjo will not be participating in the election as he has already done his two terms allowed by the constitution. Efforts by his supporters to amend the constitution so as to have a go at another term have been blocked by Nigerian law makers.
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