When Elected Officials Can No Longer Cross carpet

Nigeria Daily

Nigeria Daily
When Elected Officials Can No Longer Cross carpet
Mar 24, 2022

Among the important bills passed by the National Assembly as part of the constitutional amendment, it recently concluded is one on cross carpeting of elected officials.

According to the amendment, any such official elected on the platform of one party who defects to another will forfeit that office.

In this episode of Nigeria Daily, we look at how this – if it becomes law eventually– can affect Nigerian politics