Opeyemi Bamidele writes that the recent decision of the 10th Senate to retain Clause 60(3) in the Electoral Act 2022 Amendment Bill was taken in the overall public interest to ensure hitch-free voting and collation of results as the 2027 general election approaches
I have been inundated with messages from many concerned and well-respected stakeholders in the last fortnight. The contents of their messages are virtually the same. In all, they basically sought clarifications on the decision of the Senate to retain Section 60(3 & 5) of the Electoral Act, 2022 in the ongoing reform of our country’s electoral governance framework.
Regrettably, I could not respond to any of these messages for at least two reasons. First, I was on a national assignment outside the shores of our fatherland when I received the messages. Due to the import of the task at hand, I was time-constrained to respond to the messages one by one. Second, the messages largely reflect the mood of the citizenry at a time we are preparing for the 2027 general election. Hence, I came up with this intervention to collectively address the concerns of our constituents nationwide.