The Nigerian Senate on Thursday, condemned the worrying development across the 36 states where the political party in power always wins 100 per cent or 99% of seats each time a local government council election is conducted.
The upper legislative body admitted that democracy is at best non-existent at the local government level in the country, calling for urgent actions to rescue the third tier of government.
The resolutions came after a motion by Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, representing Benue South, and co-sponsored by other Senators.
Senator Moro highlighted that voters in Benue State and elsewhere waited for hours on election day without seeing election materials or officials at many polling stations.
Other Senators observed that all the political parties and states were guilty of the same offense.
President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio called for measures, including a national dialogue, to discuss solutions to what they described as sham elections at the third tier of government.
Ultimately, the Senate agreed to initiate an open national dialogue with stakeholders, particularly State governors, and to meet with President Bola Tinubu.
