The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been told to invoke the provisions of Section 71(b) of the Constitution which provides for the review of the division of states of the federation into federal constituencies.
The House of Representatives gave the order Wednesday following a resolution it adopted from a motion on matter of urgent national importance on the ‘Review of the division of states of the federation into federal constituencies’, sponsored by the Minority Leader, Ndudi Elumelu.
Elumelu said the INEC failed to exert its powers as provided by the constitution, adding that the commission also failed to review the division of states into federal constituencies over the past 22 years of the current democratic dispensation, against the 10 years provided by the constitution.
The last delineation was carried out in 1999.
The lawmakers asked the commission to extend the delineation to federal constituencies covering local government areas in the six geopolitical zones of the country.
Elumelu said Section 71(b) of the 1999 constitution as amended mandates the INEC to divide the federation into 360 federal constituencies for elections into the House of Representatives.”
