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ELECTORAL ACT | CONTROVERSIES OVER NEWLY SIGNED PROVISIONS ON FORGERY AND FALSIFICATION

NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY IS ONCE AGAIN UNDER INTENSE SCRUTINY. A CONTROVERSIAL PROVISION IN THE NEWLY SIGNED ELECTORAL ACT HAS IGNITED DEBATE ACROSS THE COUNTRY, AFTER REPORTS THAT THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY REMOVED CERTIFICATE FORGERY AND AGE FALSIFICATION AS GROUNDS FOR CHALLENGING ELECTION RESULTS AT TRIBUNALS. FOR MANY NIGERIANS, THIS RAISES A TROUBLING QUESTION: CAN SOMEONE WHO ALLEGEDLY FORGED CREDENTIALS STILL HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE WITHOUT LEGAL CONSEQUENCES THROUGH ELECTION PETITIONS? CRITICS ARGUE THE AMENDMENT WEAKENS ACCOUNTABILITY AND SHIELDS POLITICIANS FROM SCRUTINY. BUT DEFENDERS INSIST THE LAW MERELY CLARIFIES ELECTORAL PROCEDURES. AT STAKE IS MORE THAN LEGAL INTERPRETATION. THE DEBATE CUTS TO THE HEART OF CONSTITUTIONAL SUPREMACY, PUBLIC TRUST, AND THE INTEGRITY OF NIGERIA’S DEMOCRACY. SO WE ASK: HAS THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY STRENGTHENED ELECTORAL CERTAINTY—OR WEAKENED IT? WE WILL BE HAVING THIS CONVERSATION WITH THESE TALKING POINTS…. TALKING POINTS ➢ CONSTITUTIONAL SUPREMACY VS LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY ➢ ELECTORAL INTEGRITY AND PUBLIC TRUST ➢ DEMOCRATIC ACCOUNTABILITY “…. AND JOINING US IS OUR ABLE EXPERT - TONY MBATA | POLITICAL ANALYST