A CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF ELECTION LAWS IN NIGERIA
Abstract
Elections are very central to the principle and practice of Democracy anywhere in the World and the management of elections by any election management body is significant to the to the electoral process and by implication, the consolidation of democracy in any country. Election can simply be seen or defined as the process people follow to elect or choose their representative in both Federal, State and Local government and these processes are governed by the election laws of that country or state. Credible elections are vital for economic, socio and political development of any nation practicing democracy. Prominent among requirement for a free, fair and credible elections is the legal framework which regulates generally administration of election including the establishment of an electoral management body. The methodology used in this project is the Doctrinal Methodology and it identifies and elucidates the provision of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which is the grund norm of all the laws in Nigeria, relating to electoral matters in Nigeria. It examines the Electoral Act 2010 as well as the Electoral Guidelines (s153 of the Electoral Act 2010). It identifies some of the lapses in the legal framework as it is, presently and recommends measures to addressing them.
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