VOTING SHOULD BE MANDATORY IN NIGERIA

  

Due to voter's apathy in Nigeria during election ,National Asssembly should amend all the necessary laws to make voting for citizen above 18yrs mandatory ,this will encourage many people to to fulfil their civic obligations .Also all Nigerians that would be on the field on election day ,the policemen ,army ,INEC officials and election observers should be allowed to participate in early vote process ,which we allow them to vote a week ahead.Many countries across the globe operate mandatory voting system with consequence for violators  about 22 nations around the world make voting mandatory for its citizens, often starting at age 18. Several of these countries are in Latin America with a handful allowing citizens to age out of compulsory voting by as early as age 65. In Australia, failure to vote can result in a $20 fine.More than 700m people lives in Countries with compulsory voting laws.

Argentina	18	43,024,374
Australia	18	22,507,617
Belgium	18	10,449,361
Bolivia	18	10,631,486
Brazil	18	202,656,788
Congo, Democratic  Republic of the	18	77,433,744
Costa Rica	18	4,755,234
Dominican Republic	18	10,349,741
Ecuador	18	15,654,411
Egypt	18	86,895,099
Greece	18	10,775,557
Honduras	18	8,598,561
Lebanon	21	5,882,562
Luxembourg	18	520,672
Mexico	18	120,286,655
Nauru	20	9,488
Panama	18	3,608,431
Paraguay	18	6,703,860
Peru	18	30,147,935
Singapore	21	5,567,301
Thailand	18	67,741,401
Uruguay	18	3,332,972

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