Nigeria is a great country with a population of almost 200 million people. Nigeria is known to have great minds in almost every sector you can mention, whether nationally or globally.
However, she has not been able to put together a system of elections devoid of rigging.
Before the election that returned this government in 2019, efforts were made by the national assembly to pass a law that will make electronic voting mandatory but the efforts were rubbished by the executive arm of government by refusing to sign the bill four good times citing in most cases typographical errors. The last reason given was that the amendment was too close to the elections. The national assembly appeared to have played along in this game by refusing to veto the president.
Now we are three years away from the next major elections in 2023. We demand that law now! Nigerians want that law now! The world wants that law now. Electoral Reform is it.
We call on the National Assembly to pass the Electoral Reform bill to the executive for assent within the next 90 days, that is before end of July 2020.
Updates
May 7, 2020
I was just looking at the screen and realized how much this actually matters to people everywhere because even now it still feels like a dream that so many of you jumped on board with this idea so quickly. It really is wild how things can just catch fire when everyone is tired of the same old excuses from the top and honestly I am just trying to keep up with all the messages coming in now.
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This is what we are pushing: Section 52(2)Conduct of Polls by Open Secret BallotingThis provision gives INEC discretion to determine the procedure for voting in an election. Section 52 (2) - Conduct of polls and e-votingIn 2015, this provision was amended to give INEC the discretion to determine the procedure for voting. Now, it seeks to further amend the provision to mandate the Commission to conduct elections by electronic voting or any other method of voting as it may determine from time to time.
There is no reason why if a Nigerian has a phone, he or she cannot use it to vote.
This is long overdue. If our legislatures are truly our representatives, it is time for them to prove so by doing the needful now and present the bill for President's assent.
Let the reform be expedited, and let the option A4 of June 12, 1983 Election be adopted, should the government fail to perfect the electronic voting system.
I am fully in support of free and fair election in Nigeria devoid of rigging. Rigging takes away the right to choose our political leaders.
Yes, I support online voting because it will reduce the cost of conducting election.
It must have been an oversight. They should do it now
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Nigeria is a great country with a population of almost 200 million people. Nigeria is known to have great minds in almost every sector you can mention, whether nationally or globally.
However, she has not been able to put together a system of elections devoid of rigging.
Before the election that returned this government in 2019, efforts were made by the national assembly to pass a law that will make electronic voting mandatory but the efforts were rubbished by the executive arm of government by refusing to sign the bill four good times citing in most cases typographical errors. The last reason given was that the amendment was too close to the elections. The national assembly appeared to have played along in this game by refusing to veto the president.
Now we are three years away from the next major elections in 2023. We demand that law now! Nigerians want that law now! The world wants that law now. Electoral Reform is it.
We call on the National Assembly to pass the Electoral Reform bill to the executive for assent within the next 90 days, that is before end of July 2020.
Updates
May 7, 2020
I was just looking at the screen and realized how much this actually matters to people everywhere because even now it still feels like a dream that so many of you jumped on board with this idea so quickly. It really is wild how things can just catch fire when everyone is tired of the same old excuses from the top and honestly I am just trying to keep up with all the messages coming in now.
42 Comments
This provision will bring down the cost of conducting elections in Nigeria drastically. We can save all that money for other things. Put your signature.
This is what we are pushing: Section 52(2)Conduct of Polls by Open Secret BallotingThis provision gives INEC discretion to determine the procedure for voting in an election. Section 52 (2) - Conduct of polls and e-votingIn 2015, this provision was amended to give INEC the discretion to determine the procedure for voting. Now, it seeks to further amend the provision to mandate the Commission to conduct elections by electronic voting or any other method of voting as it may determine from time to time.
There is no reason why if a Nigerian has a phone, he or she cannot use it to vote.
This is long overdue. If our legislatures are truly our representatives, it is time for them to prove so by doing the needful now and present the bill for President's assent.
Let the reform be expedited, and let the option A4 of June 12, 1983 Election be adopted, should the government fail to perfect the electronic voting system.
I am fully in support of free and fair election in Nigeria devoid of rigging. Rigging takes away the right to choose our political leaders.
Yes, I support online voting because it will reduce the cost of conducting election.
It must have been an oversight. They should do it now
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