NASS begins legislation to enforce use of card readers in ev

By Ikechukwu Okaforadi
Use of card readers for electoral activities in each of the 119,973 polling units in Nigeria is to be made compulsory in every elections, going by new provisions being made by the National Assembly in the new Electoral Act.
This is as the federal lawmakers on Wednesday in Abuja vowed to complete legislative work on the Electoral Act amendment before the end of first quarter in 2021.
Explaining the new provisions in the Act, the Chairman, House Committee on Electoral Matters, Hon Aishatu Jibril Dukku, at a joint public hearing held on the two different legislations being worked upon for conduct of future elections in the country, said the new provisions are contained in the amendments being made on section 49 of the 2010 Electoral Act.

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