Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), told the Senate yesterday that the commission is ready for early and Diaspora voting if the 1999 Constitution as altered and the Electoral Act 2010 as altered are amended to allow for them.
Yakubu, while defending the commission’s 2021 estimates, said the agency was eager to have Nigerians living in foreign countries participate in the electoral process, but it requires the amendment to the constitution and the Electoral Act for that to happen. He explained that early voting would enable essential service providers like the police, members of the armed forces, INEC’s ad hoc staff, journalists and others to exercise their franchise either before or during the elections.
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