The House of Representatives has passed for second reading a bill proposing the conduct of presidential, gubernatorial, National and state Houses of Assembly and local government polls on the same day.
The proposed legislation was among 39 Constitution alteration bills passed by second reading and referred to the Committee on Constitution Review at yesterday’s plenary.
The bill sponsored by the chairman of the House Committee on Rules and Business, Francis Waive, Ikeagwuonu Ugochinyere and 34 others is proposing a simultaneous conduct of all elections on a date to be determined by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Electoral Act 2022 provides for the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly election on the same day and the conduct of gubernatorial and state assemblies, as well as local government elections, on a separate date to be fixed by the electoral body.
