A former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has on Thursday urged president Buhari not to delay in signing amended electoral bill into law.
He affirmed that signing of such bill would go a long way in enhancing the confidence of Nigerians in the nation’s electoral process.
Jega made this known while speaking with newsnen in Lagos on Wednesday, after delivering a Keynote Address at the 117th anniversary of the Rotary Club, in Lagos.
He noted that though there were noticeable gaps in the bill, such should not prevent the president from signing the bill, since they could be addressed, after the bill must have been signed into law.
The former INEC boss attributed the increasing apathy the nation’s electoral process has continued to attract, in the past few years, to the obvious flaws in the existing electoral law, which had not given many Nigerians the confidence to participate in the process.
He said, “I think there is the need for the President to append his signature to the bill without wasting more time. I believe doing that would enhance the confidence of many Nigerians, especially those that normally refuse to participate on the elections day, in the process.
“Though there are some noticeable gaps in the bill, one thing that is clear is that those gaps can always be fixed, even after the bill must have been signed into law,” he added.
