Yiaga Africa, a civil society organisation, has urged the National Assembly to look into the constitutional gaps that undermine State Independent Electoral Commissions in Nigeria rather than scrapping them. Sampson Itodo, the executive director of Yiaga Africa, made the call in Uyo, during an advocacy visit to the chairman of the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission, AKISIEC, Aniedi Ikoiwak, over the weekend. Itodo, who noted that scraping SIEC would impede local democracy, said the National Assembly should review the part of the constitution that enables governors to unilaterally …