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The Nigerian Senate jas moved to establish the Local Government Independent Electoral Commission (LGIEC) to conduct elections across the country.
This development followed the judgment by the Supreme Court, which granted financial autonomy to local government areas.
In its ruling, the Supreme Court ordered the federal government to directly allocate funds due to local governments from the federation account.
The introduction of the bill for establishing the Local Government Electoral Commission (LGEC) will now take the power for election conduct at the grassroots from the State Independent Electoral Commission (SIECOM).
The bill proposes the establishment of the National Independent Local Government Electoral Commission (NILGEC), to be responsible for conducting elections for local government chairmen and councillors
The Bill sponsored by Senator Musa Sani (Niger East) was introduced on the floor of the Red Chamber by the Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele (APC, Ekiti Central).
Titled Local Government Independent Electoral Commission (Establishment) Bill, 2024, the legislation passed first reading on Thursday, during plenary.
Source: Swifteradio.com