{"id":82352,"date":"2026-02-01T15:47:14","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82352"},"modified":"2026-02-01T15:47:14","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:47:14","slug":"adc-accuses-nassembly-of-stalling-2025-electoral-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/01\/adc-accuses-nassembly-of-stalling-2025-electoral-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC Accuses N\u2019Assembly of Stalling 2025 Electoral Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the National Assembly of deliberately delaying the passage of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, warning that the delay could undermine preparations for the 2027 general elections.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued in Abuja, the party expressed concern that while the House of Representatives has concluded work on the bill, the Senate is yet to complete its consideration and forward it for presidential assent.<\/p>\n<p>The ADC said key proposed reforms, such as enhanced electronic voter accreditation and electronic transmission of results are crucial to improving transparency and credibility in future elections. It cautioned that continued delays could leave the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) with insufficient time to implement the changes.<\/p>\n<p>The party warned that failure to pass the bill promptly could erode public confidence in the electoral process and urged lawmakers to prioritise its passage in the interest of democracy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Olokuta Rofiat The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has accused the National Assembly of deliberately delaying the passage of the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, 2025, warning that the delay could undermine preparations for the 2027 general elections. In a statement issued in Abuja, the party expressed concern that while the House of Representatives has concluded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":82353,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1755,177,172,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2027-general-elections","category-abuja-reports","category-news","category-politics"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82352","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=82352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82354,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82352\/revisions\/82354"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}