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Monday, 3 October 2016

Nnamani heads Nigeria's electoral reforms body

03-10-2016 


Nnamani heads Nigeria's electoral reforms body

The Federal Government has constituted a con­stitutional and elector­al reforms committee to re-jig the current electoral process towards ensurng that it meets the global standard and satisfies the desire of the electorate. It is headed by former Senate Pres­ident, Senator Ken Nnamani.
Nnamani’s appointment was contained in a statement issued on Sunday by Comrade Salihu Othman Isah, the Spe­cial Adviser to the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami.
Isah said that the commit­tee will be inaugurated tomor­row at the Minister’s Confer­ence Room, Abuja by11am.
He said that Nnamani is ex­pected to bring his wealth of ex­perience to bare on the reform process.
An academician, Dr. Mam­man Lawal of Bayero Univer­sity, Kano (BUK) is the com­mittee’s secretary while other members are Dr. Muiz Banire (SAN), Dr. Clement Nwankwo, Chief A.C. Ude and Mr. Tahir, Director, Legal Drafting, Feder­al Ministry of Justice, amongst others.
The release states inter-alia that: “The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) will on Tuesday, October 4, 2016 inaugurate a Committee on Constitutional and Elector­al Reform at the HAGF’s Con­ference Room, Abuja by 11am.
“The committee is expect­ed to review electoral environ­ment, laws and experiences from recent elections conduct­ed in Nigeria and make recom­mendations to strengthen and achieve the conduct of free and fair elections in Nigeria.
“Members of the committee are expected to take note and turn up for the inauguration,” it concluded.

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