African youths’ group, four CSOs seek unbundling of INEC

 Sanni Onogu, Abuja

THE Youth Initiative for Advocacy Growth and Advancement (YIAGA Africa) and four civil society organisations (CSOs) have urged the National Assembly to pass critical amendments to the Electoral Act in the next two months.

The activists called for the unbundling of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the conduct of all elections at the Federal and state levels in one day.

The CSOs, under the aegis of “Coalition for Constitutional and Electoral Reforms demanding for action from lawmakers on the Electoral Amendment Bill,” said they have submitted their “memorandum on proposed Bills on Electoral Reforms in the Ninth National Assembly” to both chambers.

Other members of the coalition include Centre for Liberty, NESSACTION, Raising New Voices and the Active Citizenship Advocacy Africa.

The group noted that “elections remain the most fundamental aspect of democracy across the world, its evolution and improvement can only be measured in terms of processes, procedures, technology and outcome”.