Nigeria: Reps Move to Scrap State Electoral Commissions

30 January 2013

The House of Representatives yesterday moved to abolish state electoral commissions to grant full autonomy to local governments.

The green chamber consolidated two bills each seeking to alter the 1999 Constitution to abolish the state electoral commission to ensure free and fair conduct of all elections.

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