Saturday 25 February, 2023, the 2023 Presidential election day, will make it one year since President Muhammadu Buhari gave approval for the Electoral Act 2022.
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| President Muhammadu Buhari |
President Buhari termed the Electoral Act 2022 as “one of the most important legacies of our Administration”.
“Saturday February 25, 2023 will make it exactly one year since I assented to the Electoral Act 2022, one of the most important legacies of our Administration, and a significant contribution to our vision of improving the quality of Nigeria’s electoral process”, President Buhari said.
According to BusinessDay:
Electoral Act 2022 introduced a lot of changes that will immensely impact on the electoral process in Nigeria. This innovation will go a long way in reducing manipulation of the election process or rigging of elections in Nigeria, according to experts.
Section 47 and 50(2) Electoral Act 2022 gives legal backing for the use of smart card readers, electronic accreditation of voters and any other voter accreditation technology that INEC deploys. Where the card ready deployed by INEC fails to function and a fresh card reader or technological or technological device is not deployed the election shall be cancelled and another election scheduled within 24 hours.
