Nigeria: 2015 - Why Nigerians in Diaspora Won't Vote - Jega

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday said a provision of the law that requires every eligible person to cast their ballot at the polling unit where they registered as a voter forecloses Diaspora voting.

He, however, asserted that the commission would not relent in its aspiration to make Nigeria's electoral system more inclusive by accommodating citizens living abroad.

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