US EditionNigeria: Rights Group Petitions Code of Conduct Bureau Over Alleged Electoral Act Tampering
SERAP urges probe into senators' unauthorized removal of electoral transparency measures and alterations to tax bills, citing conflicts of interest and abuse of office.
- Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project urged the Code of Conduct Bureau to investigate senators who allegedly removed electronic transmission of election results from the Electoral Act amendment bill without debate after it was approved.
- SERAP also called for probing members of the National Assembly and executive officials over suspected alterations to Tax Reform Bills that led to discrepancies between passed versions and signed laws.
- The civil society organization accused the senators of conflict of interest, abuse of office, non-disclosure of interests, and lack of due process, citing constitutional and statutory provisions.
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Nigeria: Rights Group Petitions Code of Conduct Bureau Over Alleged Electoral Act Tampering
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) to investigate members of the Senate who allegedly abused their authority by removing the electronic transmission of election results from the Electoral Act amendment bill without debate, despite the bill's majority approval.
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Electoral Act Amendment: SERAP petitions CCB over alleged abuse of office by senate
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, has called on the Code of Conduct Bureau, CCB, to probe the conduct of some senators members of the Senate who are allegedly involved in the removal of the provisions on real-time transmission of election results from the Electoral Act amendment Bill. The lawmakers were said to have removed the provisions during plenary after the majority of the senators had voted for the inclusion of …
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