Section 100 Nigerian Electoral Act

Section 100 Electoral Act 2022 is about Division of Area Council into registration area. It is under Part VI (Procedure for Election to Area Council) of the Act.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the Commission shall divide each Area Council into registration areas or Electoral Wards not being less than 10 and not more than 20 as the circumstance of each Area Council may require.

(2) The boundaries of each registration area or Electoral Ward shall be such that the number of inhabitants of the registration area or Electoral Ward is as nearly equal to the population quota as is reasonably practicable.

(3) The Commission shall review the division of every Area Council at intervals of not less than 10 years and may alter such registration area or Electoral Ward in accordance with subsection (1) to such extent as it may consider desirable in the light of the review.

(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), the Commission may, at any time, carry out such a review and alter the Electoral Ward in accordance with the provisions of this section to such extent as it considers necessary in consequence of any amendment to section 3 of the Constitution or any provision replacing that provision or by reason of the holding of a national population census or pursuant to an Act of the National Assembly