The House of Representatives has proposed a single day for the conduct of the five elections in 2027.
The reviewed Electoral Act, if it is upheld,would empower the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to simultaneously conduct the presidential, senatorial, House of Representatives, governorship and House of Assembly polls in one day.
Other amendments proposed by the Lower Chamber of the National Assembly include the payment of N50 million by political associations seeking registration as parties, restriction of presidential election expenses to N10 billion,and the conduct of elections 120 days before the expiration of the incumbent’s term.
The House also took steps to end series of by-elections arising from resignation and death of elected members of the state and National Assembly, proposing that parties who sponsored the lawmaker who died or resigned be made to produce his replacement.