Section 117 Electoral Act 2026

Section 117 of the Nigerian Electoral Act 2026 is about Recall. It provides as follows:

A member of an Area Council may be recalled as a member if —

(a) there is presented to the Chairman of the Commission a petition in that behalf signed by not less than one-half of the persons registered to vote in that member’s constituency alleging their loss of confidence in that member and which signatures are duly verified by the Independent National Electoral Commission; and

(b) the petition is approved in a referendum conducted by the Commission within 90 days of the date of the receipt of the petition by a simple majority of the votes of the persons registered to vote in that member’s constituency.

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