The Abuja School
Introduction:
On February 25, 2022, Nigerians voted for who would be President and federal legislators for four years, from 2023 to 2027. Two weeks after, they went to the polls again to elect governors and legislators of the 36 states. Nigerian elections are two layered. First is the presidential and national assembly election. Then the governorship and state assembly election. Usually, the conduct of the former influences the latter. Hence Nigerian politicians usually fight over the structure of election. They expect a domino effect from the presidential election that may influence the outcome of the governorship and state assembly election. In 2019, the President refused to sign an amendment of the electoral law because a national assembly headed by a senate president who opposed him had reversed the order of election. Under that arrangement, elections for the federal legislative offices would have come earlier before that of the president. The result would have created a domino effect against the president…..
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