2023: Consider married girls not up to 18 as eligible voters – National Assembly tells INEC

The National Assembly Joint Committee on the Independent National Electoral Commission Matters has proposed a review of the provision in the Electoral Act which pegged the eligibility of a voter at 18 years.

The federal lawmakers recommended that INEC should consider any married girl who is not up to 18 years as eligible to vote.

The proposal was brought up before the Technical Committee on Electoral Reform on Wednesday by The Chairman, Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Kabiru Gaya, and his counterpart in the House of Representatives, Aisha Dukku.