The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has called on the National Assembly to enact stricter laws prohibiting the possession of large sums of money within polling areas as part of efforts to curb vote-buying and other electoral malpractices.
The commission proposed that individuals should not be allowed to carry more than N50,000 within polling areas.
INEC’s Director of Litigation and Prosecution, Tanimu Muhammed SAN, stated this at a consultative meeting with security operatives and the technical committee on electoral law amendments in Abuja on Friday.
Muhammed noted the growing concern over vote-buying, which has become a major threat to Nigeria’s democratic process.
The meeting, organised by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committees on Electoral Matters in collaboration with the Policy and Legal Advocacy Centre (PLAC) and supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth,…
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