{"id":71296,"date":"2025-07-23T12:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=71296"},"modified":"2025-07-23T12:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T12:15:09","slug":"2027-election-reps-set-to-review-electoral-act-tackle-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/23\/2027-election-reps-set-to-review-electoral-act-tackle-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"2027 Election: Reps Set To Review Electoral Act Tackle Challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Omoniyi David<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the House Committee on Electoral Matters, Rep. Adebayo Balogun, has assured that the National Assembly will amend the Electoral Act and other security laws to curb electoral irregularities ahead of the 2027 polls.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at a policy dialogue by the National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in Abuja, themed \u201cElection Security and Reforms in Nigeria: Addressing Challenges in Securing Elections Ahead of 2027,\u201d Balogun said security lapses have repeatedly disrupted voting and caused disputed results.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must legislate with foresight, ensuring every Nigerian can vote safely, freely and without fear,\u201d he said, urging stakeholders to \u201cask the difficult questions, offer honest assessments and propose practical solutions\u201d to strengthen democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Committee Chairman on National Population and Identity, Sen. Victor Umeh, stressed that credible elections are vital for Nigeria\u2019s survival, urging INEC to deliver polls under \u201ccivilised and acceptable templates\u201d with election officials who reject bribery and compromise.<\/p>\n<p>Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) Chairman, Yusuf Dantale, blamed desperate politicians for rigging, result falsification and snatching of materials, warning that \u201cit is no longer business as usual.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Director-General of NILDS, Prof. Abubakar Sulaiman, called for stronger research institutions, warning that weakening them would cripple the nation. \u201cGovernment must prioritise the Electoral Institute under INEC, the National Defence College, the National Judicial Institute and NILDS,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Omoniyi David &nbsp; Chairman of the House Committee on Electoral Matters, Rep. Adebayo Balogun, has assured that the National Assembly will amend the Electoral Act and other security laws to curb electoral irregularities ahead of the 2027 polls. Speaking at a policy dialogue by the National Institute of Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":71297,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71298,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71296\/revisions\/71298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}