The Senator representing Cross River North Senatorial District, Senator Jarigbe Agom Jarigbe, today supported the bill seeking to repeal the Electoral Act 2022 and to reenact a new Electoral Bill 2025 which passed second reading at the Senate.
The bill, which was sponsored by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Electoral Matters, Senator Simon Lalong (APC, Plateau South), aims to strengthen the legal framework governing elections in Nigeria.
The bill was initially presented for second reading last Thursday, but was stepped down to allow for wider consultation. It however, resurfaced during Wednesday’s session, where lawmakers extensively debated its general principles.
Speaking in support of the bill , Senator Jarigbe Agom, stated that the repealing and reenactment of a new Electoral Act will make it possible for the country to take out all the ambiguities in the existing Electoral Act, especially in areas of concerns such as electronic transmission of votes, real time and independent candidature, etc which would help to curtail the excesses in the existing law.
“If we do not repeal and reenact the Electoral Act, we will be faced with the incongruities in the existing Electoral Act” Jarigbe added.
The Senate President thereafter put the bill to a voice vote, and the Senators overwhelmingly supported it to pass for a Second reading.
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