Electoral Act: NASS lists dedicated fund for INEC, e-transmission of results, others as key reforms

Following disapproval from individuals and groups implicit the Electoral Act, 2026, precocious signed by President Bola Tinubu, the National Assembly has explained that it engaged the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), civilian nine organisations (CSOs), and improvement partners, among others, for 2 years earlier the enactment of the law.

According to the parliament, physics transmission of predetermination results, usage of the bimodal voters’ accreditation strategy (BVAS), and the instauration of a integer rank registry by each governmental parties with INEC for the behaviour of primaries are present mandatory nether the caller law.

Leader of the Senate, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele (APC Ekiti Central), who provided the mentation connected Sunday, listed different cardinal reforms successful the Act. These see the instauration of a dedicated money for INEC to warrant its fiscal autonomy, operational stability, and administrative continuity.

He added that the caller electoral governance model besides mandates the committee to urge two-year imprisonment for immoderate Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) who withholds captious documents, found an physics registry of voters, and reappraisal upward run funds for assorted elective offices.

Bamidele,...