Electoral Act: How presidency failed Nigerians  — Sambo

A nationalist affairs analyst, Sumner Sambo, has said that the presidency failed Nigerians successful the 2026 Electoral Act due to the fact that it did not wage capable and owed diligence earlier signing the Act.

Sambo said this on Thursday while fielding questions successful an interrogation connected Arise Television.

He was reacting to the Federal High Court judgement nullifying cardinal portions of the electoral timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, ahead of the adjacent year’s wide elections.

He queried the unreserved by the INEC, stressing that determination was capable clip to survey and recognize the Act.

“The presidency did not wage owed diligence earlier signing the Electoral Act. The president himself was excessively hasty to motion the Act without having his squad to beryllium down and really spell done it.

“The law provisions are precise wide and the provisions of the Electoral enactment are precise clear.

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