Electoral bill: INEC workers, security agents, others to take oath before poll duties

Permanent and ad hoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, as well as security agents to be deployed for election duties, may be forced to take an oath of neutrality henceforth. This is being proposed in the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill 2020 that passed the second reading at the House of Representatives on Tuesday. Chairman of the Committee on Electoral and Political Party Matters, Aishatu Dukku, who sponsored the bill, noted that it was put together by the Senate, the House, INEC and the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN). Dukku also said the

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