Voting Rights and Suffrage/History/Country sources/Nigeria
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What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Nigeria
Article 4 of Nigeria’s Constitution grants citizens the right to vote for members of the House of Assembly. Article 117 states that any citizen over the age of 18 that is registered to vote may do so in these elections. (Constitute Project, “ Nigeria’s Constitution of 1999 with Amendments through 2011” ).