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Nigeria drops bill that would have made voting compulsory

A Nigerian lawmaker cast his ballot to elect the Senate President of the 10th Nigeria National Assembly in Abuja on June 13, 2023. [AFP]

Nigeria's National Assembly has scrapped a bill that would have made voting mandatory, a statement from the House of Representatives speaker said Monday following a backlash from lawyers and rights groups.

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