The Senator Ken Nnammani- led 25-member Constitutional and Electoral Reform Committee has recommended the inclusion of independent candidacy and creation of electoral offences commission. According to the committee, the inclusion of the provisions is to improve the standard of elections in Nigeria.
The recommendation of the committee was contained in a report it presented to the Federal Government through the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) in Abuja yesterday.
Nnamani, a former Senate President said the committee’s recommendations would form an executive bill that would be sent to the National Assembly, adding that the Senate and the House of Representatives have bills on the same subject. He said the three bills would be harmonized at the National Assembly.
The minister, in his remark, said the recommendations would be forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari.
Malami said the report would guide the Federal Government in preparing various proposals for the amendment of the Nigerian Constitution towards improving the electoral system in the country.
He said government aimed to change the unethical way in which electoral officers managed elections in the past.
Malami said, “The committee has made recommendations on how to strengthen the INEC, the participation of independent candidates, the management of political parties and tackling of electoral offences among others.
