Nigeria - 1987 - Democracy and Governance

Participation in Politics and Elections (Prohibition) Act

Nigeria, The Independent National Electoral Commission

This is an Act to prohibit certain persons and officeholders from contesting and holding public offices and empowering the National Electoral Commission to disqualify persons as having been affected by the provisions of the Act.

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