The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has prepared a far-reaching electoral reform proposal to guide future elections, beginning from 2023.
The proposal is an up-grade on the 24-point amendment submitted to the Eighth National Assembly, which they failed to consider because of the face-off between the lawmakers and the Executive.
First on the list of new proposals, which INEC is expected to submit to the National Assembly at the end of January for deliberation and passage, is the reduction in the number of political parties, greater room for INEC to control collation and returning officers. Also on the list is using number of accredited voters to determine outcome of polls; this, will eradicate inconclusive elections, among others.
The amendments were reached at during the multi-stakeholders review session on the 2019 elections.
It was leant that INEC is worried over the uncontrolled number of mainly weak and non-existent political parties and candidates on the ballot paper, which has led to economic waste.
