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The Inter Party Advisory Council, IPAC, has kicked against the proposed bill by the Senate to create the so-called Local Government Independent Electoral Commission, saying it is ill-conceived. IPAC further called for the amendment of the Constitution and the Electoral Act to empower INEC to conduct all Local Government polls. IPAC Chairman, Yusuf Dantalle disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at the third regular quarterly consultative meeting between INEC and political parties. The council also called for the scrapping of States Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECs), saying to restore confid…