BY OUR CORRESPONDENT
The House of Representatives will pass the Electoral Act (amendment) Bill on Thursday 15th July, 2021
The Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, made this known during plenary session on Tuesday, today.
Gbajabiamila informed members that the report on the bill would be laid on Wednesday by the Chairman of the Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon. Aisha Dukku, ahead of the consideration and passage on Thursday.
The speaker, urged the lawmakers to turn out on Thursday to consider and pass the bill.
The bill proposes far-reaching changes to the Act, targeted at making the country’s electoral processes, more transparent.
Among some of the key recommendations are electronic voting and candidates’, political parties’ funding for elections.