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The National Consultative Front (NCFront), in collaboration with Labour and Civil Society Front (LCSF), said it would launch a mass campaign and movement during a major national dialogue on electoral reforms.
The joint civil rights group said the move was to mobilise Nigerians at home and abroad for critical reforms in Nigeria’s electoral framework ahead of the 2027 elections.
It said the decision to host a national dialogue was the high point of the decisions reached at a leadership consultative meeting of the Fronts hosted by the National Consultative Front in Lagos at the weekend.
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“This new move is to drive critical reforms in the electoral laws of Nigeria, especially those that dimmed the credibility of the 2023 elections, such as the compulsory electronic transmission of election results, effective criminalisation of votes buying, enactment of early and diaspora voting as initiated by the House of Representatives, proportional representation in government, especially special seats for women and other vulnerable groups, among others.
Some eminent Nigerians, who are leaders of both the NCFront and LCSF, deemed competent to be enlisted to champion the highlighted electoral reforms include Prof. Pat Utomi, Prof Attahiru Jega, Dr Olisa Agbakoba, and Femi Falana. Others are Dr Oby Ezekwesili, Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Joe Ajaero, Amb. Nkoyo Toyo, Dr Usman Bugaje, Prof Kingsley Moghalu, Prof Jibrin Ibrahim, Clem Nwankwo, and Prophet Isah El Buba.
Others are Chief Imam Ahmad, Buba Galadima, Prof Chidi Odinkalu, Dr. Bilikisu Magoro and Mr. Samson Itodo, among others.
Consequently, the initiators have decided to launch a new electoral reform platform to be known as Alliance for Defence of Democracy (ADD) on October 1 as a popular alternative movement to drive and structure the campaign and mobilisation process for the critical electoral reforms during the major national gathering on electoral reforms to be addressed by the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero.
