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The presidency says it is ready to work closely with the Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council (NDVC) to actualise the participation of Nigerians abroad in elections.<\/p>\n

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said this in Abuja on Monday, at a Stakeholders\u2019 Workshop organised by the council.<\/p>\n

Represented by Femi Ojudu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Osinbajo said that the current administration had endorsed diaspora voting.<\/p>\n

He said there was need for all stakeholders \u201cto approach and work with the National Assembly to amend the constitution in order to accommodate those in diaspora to vote during our elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis now goes to the legislature to make this a reality, namely: an amendment of the laws by the National Assembly so that those in the diaspora can vote in future elections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn the words of the President in Addis Ababa, `you will need to convince the National Assembly to amend the relevant laws to make diaspora voting a reality\u2019,\u201d Osinbajo added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The presidency says it is ready to work closely with the Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council (NDVC) to actualise the participation of Nigerians abroad in elections. Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said this in Abuja on Monday, at a Stakeholders\u2019 Workshop organised by the council. Represented by Femi Ojudu, Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":15873,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[97,1398,849],"class_list":["post-21566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-buhari","tag-ndvc","tag-osinbajo"],"yoast_head":"\nBuhari govt ready to allow Nigerians abroad vote \u2013 Presidency - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The presidency says it is ready to work closely with the Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council (NDVC) to actualise the participation of Nigerians\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-govt-ready-to-allow-nigerians-abroad-vote-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Buhari govt ready to allow Nigerians abroad vote \u2013 Presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The presidency says it is ready to work closely with the Nigeria Diaspora Voting Council (NDVC) to actualise the participation of Nigerians\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-govt-ready-to-allow-nigerians-abroad-vote-presidency\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-18T15:08:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/PRESIDENT-MUHAMMADU-BUHARI-3.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2592\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1947\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-govt-ready-to-allow-nigerians-abroad-vote-presidency#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-govt-ready-to-allow-nigerians-abroad-vote-presidency\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Buhari govt ready to allow Nigerians abroad vote \u2013 Presidency\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-18T15:08:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-govt-ready-to-allow-nigerians-abroad-vote-presidency\"},\"wordCount\":169,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-govt-ready-to-allow-nigerians-abroad-vote-presidency#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/09\/PRESIDENT-MUHAMMADU-BUHARI-3.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Buhari\",\"NDVC\",\"Osinbajo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-govt-ready-to-allow-nigerians-abroad-vote-presidency#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-govt-ready-to-allow-nigerians-abroad-vote-presidency\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/buhari-govt-ready-to-allow-nigerians-abroad-vote-presidency\",\"name\":\"Buhari govt ready to allow Nigerians abroad vote \u2013 Presidency - 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