{"id":567,"date":"2022-08-25T14:35:43","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/?p=567"},"modified":"2022-08-25T14:35:47","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T14:35:47","slug":"nidcom-gives-reason-why-nigerians-in-diaspora-not-eligible-to-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/africaparrot.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/25\/nidcom-gives-reason-why-nigerians-in-diaspora-not-eligible-to-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"NIDCOM gives reason why Nigerians in diaspora not eligible to vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has explained that Nigerians in diaspora cannot vote at the 2023 general elections because the National Assembly has yet to pass the bill.<\/p><div class=\"afric-content\" id=\"afric-1073239845\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.schools.nyc.gov\/hello?utm_source=ecm-digital&#038;utm_medium=cpc&#038;utm_campaign=lac-dex-2026&#038;utm_content=french\" aria-label=\"French&#8212;300&#215;250\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/africaparrot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/French-300x250-1.gif?fit=300%2C250&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"  class=\"no-lazyload\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"   \/><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>She made this disclosure on Thursday August 25, 2022, at the weekly Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Media Team at the Presidential Villa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While urging Nigerians to keep mounting pressure on the parliament to consider and pass the bill for diaspora voting, Dabiri-Erewa said the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will also decide on the matter when the required infrastructure becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chairman, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM), Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has explained that Nigerians in diaspora cannot vote at the 2023 general elections because the National Assembly has yet to pass the bill. 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