The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof Mahmood Yakubu, has described the nation’s current Electoral Act as problematic.
He said a new legal framework must be put in place in order to address the irregularities being witnessed in the nation’s electoral process.
Yakubu spoke during the 12th National Delegates Conference of the Forum of State Independent Electoral Commissions of Nigeria held in Jos, Plateau State capital, on Wednesday.
He was represented by the commission’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye. Read more