Tagged: Senate

Conrad Omodiagbe

Who Motivated the Electoral Reform in Nigeria?

The Deputy President of the Senate in Nigeria, Ovie Omo-Agege, who also serves as the Upper Chamber’s Chairman of Constitution Review, has shed more light on the ongoing amendment of the country’s Electoral Act. This reform seeks to include stricter guidelines to be implemented by the country’s elections coordinator and monitor, the Independent National Electoral […]

Henry Okelue

What you need to know about Nigerian Senator Dino Melaye’s historic recall

The submission of a petition, backed by 188,000+ signatures, representing 52.3 percent of registered voters in the Kogi West constituency to INEC, marks a historic escalation of the process leading towards the recall of a member of the Nigerian parliament. This time Senator Dino Melaye. This is the first time section 69 of the 1999 […]