Former INEC Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to do everything within his power to ensure that Nigeria goes into the next elections with a new Electoral Bill.
Professor Jega said during a Townhall Meeting on the Electoral bill on Sunday that passing of the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021 will make the country better off as the Bill would improve the integrity of elections in Nigeria.
Meanwhile as the debate over direct and indirect mode of primaries continues, Professor Jega explained that the Bill contains a lot of new amendments.
He however states that 36 recommendations had been made for the bill by INEC to the National Assembly, 31 of which were approved with little or no amendments.
According to Jega, the amendments are the first in the last 12 years, and withholding assent to the bill, over a clause, would, therefore, be detrimental to INEC’s ability to adequately prepare for the coming elections.
