Electoral Boss At Chatham House, Explains Why Nigerians in Diaspora Can't Vote PremiumTimesng: Nigeria
Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of Nigeria's Independent Electoral Commission , on Tuesday, explained why Nigerians in the diaspora cannot vote in the upcoming February 2023 elections.
"The position of law remains; unless you are resident in Nigeria, you cannot register and you cannot vote," he said. He narrated that the commission maintains an open-door policy and has collaborated with different diaspora groups to the point when the proposition for diaspora voting was sent to the National Assembly for deliberation where it was defeated.The issue of diaspora voting has been an ongoing conversation and was among the issues thrown up for deliberation at the constitution review hearings last year.
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