Bill on Diaspora Voting passes Second Reading in House of Reps

A bill for Diaspora Voting, seeking to provide constitutional voting rights to Nigerians in diaspora has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives of the national Assembly.

The Bill sponsored by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, and Representative Sadiq Ango, seeks to alter relevant sections of the Constitution to allow Nigerians residing outside the country to vote during elections in Nigeria without the rigours and logistics challenge of traveling to the country to exercise their voting rights.

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In other resolutions, the House called for urgent construction of the abandoned Odukpani-Itu Road in the South-South geopolitical zone.

Credit: NTA News