Tagged: house of representatives

Conrad Omodiagbe

Nigeria: Ex-Electoral Officers Cannot Run for Office

As part of its plans to ensure a transparent electoral system, the House of Representatives in Nigeria has passed a bill that seeks to amend Nigeria’s electoral act for a second reading. This bill will bar former officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from engaging in or contesting for elective positions within five […]

The Election Network

A Benue female candidate’s story is the experience of Nigerian women seeking political office

When Elizabeth Agebese-Egwurube first decided to actively run for office in 2011, her husband’s family kicked against it. Egwurube, now 32, was unhappy about the horrid roads and non-existent water supply in Ado, her local government area in Benue State, and wanted to do something about its infrastructural regress. “In my place, there’s a belief […]