Politics Electoral Act: Nigerian Lawmakers Disagree On Card Reader

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Nigerian lawmakers have disagreed over the inclusion of electronic card reader in the nation's electoral Act.

All Progressives Congress (APC) legislators and their Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) counterparts in the House of Representatives bickered over the Act on Tuesday.

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This was coming as a Bill seeking to alter the 2010 Electoral Act to empower Nigerians living in the Diaspora to vote in presidential elections in the country among other matters, passed second reading in the House.

The Bill which is sponsored by Sunday Karimu and three others is also seeking to empower vice presidential and deputy governorship candidates to assume the position of their party candidates, if the candidate dies before the completion of an election.

While the PDP legislators said it was used in the conduct of the 2015 general election as an instrument used in disenfranchising Nigerians during elections, the APC caucus said it stopped political corruption in the country, noting that it must be included in the Electoral Act.

The speaker, Hon Yakubu Dogara referred to bill to the House Committees on Electoral, Political Matters and Justice for further legislative work.
 
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