One of the issue or amendment to be made to the new constitution is the scrapping of State Independent Electoral Commission, thus we will end up having one Federal Electoral Body (INEC).
Are we not going back to the old days of colonial masters/ Military Govt. -- Unitary Govt. Everything will be controlled and directed by the center.

Infact is INEC trully independent?

Do we ever learn from our past mistakes. the last (419) elections is good reference point, where name of candidates were substituted in Abuja without the Federal INEC commissioners in the States are bing informed, in most cases the Political party as well.

Why do these set of legislators want the Federal Govt. to control everything?
The general norm all over the world is to reduce the burden of the center and make the component states more responsible.

IF the recommendation for the scrapping of the States Independent Electoral Commissions, by the Ibrahim Nasir Mantu Committee is allowed to stand by the lawmakers, Nigeria would have been taken several decades back democratically, Chairmen of States Independent Electoral Commission, (SIECS) said in Abuja at the weekend,

After their one-day consultative meeting in Abuja, the chairmen, grouped under the aegis of the Forum of States Independent Electoral Commissions of Nigeria (FOSIECON) announced their condemnation of the decision of the Mantu panel to include the abrogation of SIECS in its report.

"The Forum is unaware of any submissions, either by an individual, organisations, government or extra governmental institution proposing, suggesting or advocating the scrapping of SIECS," chairman of forum, Dr. Aliyu Malami Yandoto said.

"The Committee's recommendation, by implication, simply means the powers granted to the states over local governments under Section 7 and 8 of the 1999 Constitution are being transferred to the federation at a time when we are clamouring for the restructuring of the Nigerian federation. The Supreme Court judgment in Abia v. The Federal Government & Others is very clear on the point."

Yandoto asked the National Assembly not take the nation backward, saying he was aware of the challenges facing amendments to the Constitution, since it does not start and end with the National Assembly.

"The Forum observed electoral matters are sensitive and have a direct bearing on the confidence of the people in the democratic system," he said. "There is the need for all stakeholders to exercise their lawful authority in a responsible manner and in a way designed to achieve the fundamental objectives of the law and the constitution. We, therefore, advise the National Assembly to exercise caution in the exercise of its powers so as not to throw away the baby with the bath water."

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