Electoral law amendment to improve the nation's electoral process - Saraki

Dr. Bukola Saraki.

The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has expressed optimism that the recent amendments to the electoral law would strengthen the nation’s electoral process and make it conform with the international best practices.

Saraki stated that when assented to, the amendments would eliminate rigging, violence and other malpractices associated with voting process.

He made this known in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, Mohammed Isa, after the Senate President received a delegation of Safran IS, an international biometric and identity management company that visited him in Abuja.

Saraki said in the statement: “I believe the amendments will strengthen our electoral processes, particularly at the transmission of results to the various stages of collation,”

“We make a lot of progress with the introduction of the Card Reader during the 2015 general elections and it is our commitment and determination to improve on that during subsequent elections.

“One of the things that I think is the big issue during election is in the area of transmission of results, and it has been something that we need to improve on and we need to get that done before 2019. I am confident that if we can get the electronic transmission right.

“We want a situation that as soon as results are announced at polling units, we should be able to receive them across board. I think when we are able to do that, the challenge associated with physical result transmission would be a thing of the past,” he said.