Wetin dey happen for our obodo Naija? INEC don carry mouth talk say if dem no hurry amend Electoral Act, e fit scatter di plan wey dey ground for 2027 general elections.
Prof. Joash Amupitan, di chairman of INEC, yarn this one during dia first quarterly meet with civil society organisations for Abuja. E talk say di timetable don already dey set, but if dem change anything for di Electoral Act, dem go need to adjust some things. Wetin be dis one? Na wah o!
Amupitan still add say dem don submit dia recommendations to National Assembly. But di National Assembly dem dey slow, e be like say dem wan carry leg dey play football instead of work. E urge dem to fast-track di amendment wey go help INEC plan beta conduct for di elections. “We need make sure say di timetable clear before we go dey plan,” na wetin e talk.
Despite di wahala, INEC dey ready to conduct di elections. Dem even plan to run a nationwide voter revalidation exercise to ensure say everybody wey suppose vote go fit collect dia Permanent Voter Cards before dem election day.
Dem don make announcement say 1,680,315 registered voters go dey ready to cast dia vote across 2,822 polling units for di Federal Capital Territory (FCT) elections wey go happen on February 21, 2026.
Di gist no stop for here, oh! CSOs don dey call on people for FCT make dem go collect dia PVC before di deadline wey go end on February 10. Dem no wan make anybody miss di chance to vote.
Amupitan don talk say make CSOs monitor di air, make dem no allow political parties misbehave. Dem dey watch out for hate speech, vote buying and any kind wahala wey fit happen as dem dey plan for di elections.
As di wahala dey continue, some lawmakers don yarn say dem no dey stall di bill intentionally. Na one representative from House wey name na Mr. Adebayo Balogun, talk say di delay na procedural matter, not political one, and dem dey work on am. E still believe say dem go harmonize di bill soon.
Dem no fit seam-less finish for this matter sha! E no easy make dem pass bill wey go fit help our democracy shine. Di wait dey don tire many Nigerians wey don dey shout say make di Senate no delay again.
Now, make we see wetin go happen next week wey di Senate go meet to discuss di Electoral Act again. We go dey follow di gist as e dey unfold.
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