A former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, has urged President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly to pass the electoral bill so that the electoral body can prepare for the 2023 general elections.
Professor Jega, who made the call during the Citizens Town Hall Meeting organized by Yiaga Africa, stated that “the bill contains quite a lot of good interventions” and the issue of direct or indirect primaries should not be made to deter the electoral process.
He further lamented that the commission had a short period to put a lot of its mechanisms together for the conduct of the elections asking the federal government to give INEC the law to begin the preparations for the 2023 elections since it made thirty-six recommendations in the new electoral bill.
Professor Jega also noted that members of the National Assembly “perceive or know for a fact that governors manipulate indirect primaries” and are looking for a way to liberate the primaries.
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