Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, says the country democratic system is still unripe for Diaspora voting in the 2023 general elections.
He said this during a Diaspora Voting Stakeholders Workshop, on Monday, in Abuja, where he said that there was the need to check if Nigeria was ready for Diaspora voting because the elections conducted here come with a lot of issues and many litigations, afterward.
According to him, “Our elections here are not yet perfect, so how do we deal with Diaspora voting? here, we consistently have litigation after elections, so how do we deal with that in Diaspora voting?
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“There are issues with Diaspora voting, for instance, which of the elections will they participate in and which court will they eventually go to in case of litigation after elections?
“The topic of Diaspora voting has, within a short period of time, become a matter of intense public debate; it causes us to confront the simple, unavoidable reality that this is a subject matter for which we must find resolution within the shortest possible time,” he said.
