The Presidency has welcomed the report of the European Union, EU on the 2019 general elections in Nigeria, promising to analyse it fully and act on the recommendations in the best interest of the country.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this position known in a statement in Abuja.
Shehu noted that the EU observers were invited to the country by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC and welcomed by the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He stated that this action was a clear indication of the administration’s good intentions, commitment to a pure democratic process and desire to improve on the next elections.
The EU noted in their report that there were marked improvements from previous elections, although stating that more work needed to be done.
While it is regretted that the elections in a few parts of the country witnessed some violence, among other shortcomings highlighted by the EU, Shehu noted however that none of these hitches affected the overall outcome of the elections.
