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Section 113 Nigerian Electoral Act 2022

Section 113 Nigerian Electoral Act

Section 113 Electoral Act 2022 is about Recall. It is under Part VI (Procedure for Election to Area Council) of the Act.

A member of an area council may be recalled as a member if —
(a) there is presented to the Chairman of the Commission a petition in that behalf signed by not less than one-half of the persons registered to vote in that member’s constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member and which signatures are duly verified by the Independent National Electoral Commission ; and

(b) the petition is thereafter approved in a referendum conducted by the Commission within 90 days of the date of the receipt of the petition by a simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that member’s constituency.

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