Tag: REFORM

2027:“Why we chose manual voting” – Speaker defends Electoral Act reform 

Aminu Imam
Speaker Electoral Act

The Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, has defended the National Assembly’s decision to adopt a hybrid system for transmitting election results, saying the move is necessary to prevent voter disenfranchisement ahead of the 2027 general elections. Speaking on Sunday during a courtesy visit by Spain’s Ambassador to Nigeria, Felix Costales, at the National Assembly complex in Abuja, Abbas explained that relying solely on real-time electronic transmission would be unrealistic given Nigeria’s infrastructure challenges. He noted that unstable internet connectivity and inadequate power supply across many parts…

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Let Us Not Celebrate Our LGAs Yet

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Governors Forum

By: Nurudeen Dauda To start with, after the much celebrated Supreme Court judgement backing the full financial “autonomy” of Local Governments there are still other fundamental issues that must be addressed for us to get it right in our LGAs administrations as follows: one; Local Government elections, two; the issue of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) and three; Local Governments reform. It is apt to state that we still have a very long long way to go! Firstly, the issue of free, fair, and credible elections in Nigeria remain a major…

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YIAGA Africa engages political stakeholders, advocates electoral reform

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Civil Society Organisation Yiaga Africa, has called on Kaduna state Government, political parties, agencies and various stakeholders on legislative reforms for improved local government election in Nigeria, to inspire public confidence in the electoral processes. Director of programs, Yiaga Africa, Cynthia Mbamalu, said this in Kaduna during an advocacy roundtable discussion ahead of local government elections in the state. She said it was pertinent that the government build citizens confidence by articulating electoral reform to allow local government autonomy since it was already in the Constitution. Mbamalu added that all issues…

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Borno to reform Almajiri system, inaugurates 14-Member C’ttee

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno on Wednesday inaugurated a 14-Member Committee on reforming the Islamic Tsangaya system of education, otherwise known as the Almajiri system in the state. Inaugurating the committee in Maiduguri, Zulum said that transforming the Almajiri system was part of the state 25-year Development Plan, launched recently. Zulum stated that the committee was expected to develop an Action Plan with short, medium and long-term strategies to assist government put in place a policy that would create appropriate standards for the system in the state. Outlining the Terms…

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