This just came in and more details to come later. Also the sum of 87.7 billion released to INEC for the voters register and conduct of 2011 elctions.

Copy of the electoral bill please.

Nigerian President Signs Country`s New Electoral Bill Into Law -Report

First Published Friday, 20 August 2010 06:55 pm - © 2010 Dow Jones

IBADAN, Nigeria -(Dow Jones)- Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan signed the country`s amended Electoral Bill into law Friday, the News Agency of Nigeria said in a report.

The amendments to the 2006 Electoral Act were passed by the National Assembly at the beginning of the month, and are aimed at improving the conduct of elections in the country.

Jonathan said at the signing ceremony at State House, Abuja, the Nigerian capital, that the new electoral law was a "fulfilment of his administration`s commitment to electoral reforms and credible elections."

Jonathan said the amended sections of the Act would broaden and advance the nation's march to democratic freedom, adding that some of the sections in the new Act "improved on the mode and manners of conducting party primaries as well as party autonomy."

"Since coming into office, I have emphasised that this administration will do all that is needed to guarantee free, fair and credible elections in 2011 and beyond," Jonathan said.

He thanked the National Assembly and other stakeholders for "their initiatives and commitment to improving the electoral system."

Elections in Nigeria have been mired in controversy in the past several years. The 2007 election, which brought to power the late President Umaru Yar`Adua, was criticized as "flawed" by local and international observers. Jonathan was Yar'Adua's vice president.

Jonathan has not indicated whether he will run in the 2011 presidential elections, but former Nigerian military ruler Ibrahim Babangida and former vice president Abubakar Atiku have declared their candidacy for the election.

becomrich5:

Copy of the electoral bill please.

link please

Link to Electoral bill 2010

http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20100806163803zg/sections/general-articles/nigerias-electoral-bill-2010/

let the drama begin

This indeed is the new beginning for a better Nigeria if and only if our so-call bigmen will not rubbish the law.