The Inter-Party Advisory Council, IPAC has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to assent to the Electoral Act Amendment Bill, 2021 without delay.
IPAC Chairman in Lagos State James Adeshina said there is an urgent need to overhaul the electoral system to foster credible and transparent elections if Nigeria must progress and succeed in its democracy.
Adeshina, who is also the Lagos State Chairman of the African Action Congress, noted that the electronic transmission of election results would do the Nigerian democracy much good in forthcoming elections.
It would be recalled that the National Assembly had passed the Bill and transmitted same to the president for his assent. The Bill allows for electronic transmission of election results and the nomination of party’s flag-bearers through direct primaries, among other innovations.
However, some state Governors have expressed reservations about direct primaries as contained in the amended Bill, calling on Buhari not to sign it into law.
