The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has unfolded plans to kick start electronic voting with the 2023 general elections.


Its chairman, Prof. Mahmud Yakubu, said if the Electoral Act is amended, based on its proposals, the 2019 elections would be the last mainly manually conducted election.


He spoke in Lagos at a retreat on the review of the Electoral Act.
The retreat, which was declared open by Deputy Senate President and Chairman of National Assembly Committee of Constitutional Amendment Ovie Omo-Agege, was witnessed by members of the Senate Committee on INEC, led by Senator Kabiru Gaya, and House of Representatives Committee on Electoral Matters, led by Dr. Sishati Dukku.


Professor Yakubu noted that the retreat marked the first time the Commission and National Assembly members came together to discuss issues relating to the electoral legal framework.


Senator Omo-Agege during the retreat reiterated the commitment of the National Assembly to electoral reforms and the deepening of democracy through constitution review.


He said the recent Supreme Court judgments on electoral litigations have made the review of the Electoral Act more compelling.