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| Reps Move To Make Voting Compulsory For Nigerians by adenigga(op): 3:31am On May 16, 2025 |
A bill to amend the Electoral Act 2022 to make voting compulsory for Nigerians of voting age has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The proposed legislation was sponsored by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, and Daniel Ago. Leading the debate during plenary on Thursday, Ago said the bill aimed to encourage citizens’ participation in the electoral process, noting that voter apathy during elections would be addressed if the bill scales legislative scrutiny. Although the bill passed second reading, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party from Akwa Ibom State, Mark Esset, said enacting a law to make voting compulsory is not enough to sanitise the electoral system. “Let us not put something on nothing. If citizens have lost confidence in the electoral system, there is a lot of work to be done. “Many Nigerians do not vote during elections because they believe that their votes will not count. If we must make a law to make voting compulsory, we must also make another one to make their votes count,” he said. Source: https://punchng.com/reps-move-to-make-voting-compulsory-for-nigerians 1 Like
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| Re: Reps Move To Make Voting Compulsory For Nigerians by hslbroker2(m): 4:03am On May 16, 2025 |
Alright, continue, but I know it not by force to vote 2 Likes |
| Re: Reps Move To Make Voting Compulsory For Nigerians by Karlovych: 4:15am On May 16, 2025 |
 What's the point of making it compulsory when the northern borders will be opened for non citizens to be brought in from Niger and Chad via buses to vote? What's the point when the INEC server will be shut down by ur.chins halfway through transmitting votes electronically and oluwole results will still be called? I see whomever came up with this suggestion running mad soon. This I have seen! 2 Likes |
| Re: Reps Move To Make Voting Compulsory For Nigerians by nairalanda1(m): 4:15am On May 16, 2025 |
For the saner climes gang.... Australia has a compulsory voting law 1 Like |
| Re: Reps Move To Make Voting Compulsory For Nigerians by givedemwotowoto: 4:27am On May 16, 2025 |
Makes sense especially when you’re a bad leader and you know the people likely to vote for you won’t come out on Election Day due to a depressed economy, so the only way to get them out is to force them |
| Re: Reps Move To Make Voting Compulsory For Nigerians by vizboy(m): 4:30am On May 16, 2025 |
Yeah. You vote and they decide the number of votes to assign. Ps. Publish with us today. 1 Like |
| Re: Reps Move To Make Voting Compulsory For Nigerians by Mynd44(mod): 5:24am On May 16, 2025 |
2 Likes |
| Re: Reps Move To Make Voting Compulsory For Nigerians by Konquest: 7:28am On May 16, 2025 |
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