Special Assistant to Buhari on Media and Publicity, Femi Adeshina gave the advice Monday in a statement.
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The umbrella association of all registered political parties and political associations in the country then called on INEC “to continue to improve on the conduct of free and fair elections ahead of 2023 general elections.”
Omoworare stated this on Thursday in Abuja during a discussion organised by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) in collaboration with Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD).
The senator said this when he spoke with the Correspondents Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists in Ilorin on Friday.
This information was revealed as the Senate was officially informed of the decision of Buhari not to assent to the Bill
Lawan spoke while playing host to visiting UK Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, on Tuesday
She said that INEC would now be validly empowered by law to use card reader and other technologies to conduct elections.
Ndu made the appeal while reacting to the conduct of September 19 governorship election in Edo via a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday.
Senator Ayogu Eze, All Progressives Congress Enugu State 2019 governorship candidate, says President Muhammadu Buhari’s withholding of assent to the Electoral Bill recently passed by the Senate is in the nation’s interest.
Exaggeration is the most common strain of fever at election period. Politicians make voters – and the general public – believe that the world might end on ballot day, when in fact what they are playing for is their own survival.
The Senate on Tuesday kept mum on the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral (Amendment) bill after the letter was read by the Senate
This was disclosed on Friday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enag.
The Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has advised President Muhammadu Buhari not to heed the advice of the anti-democratic elements who have now populated the political space and putting pressure on him not to give assent to the 2018 Electoral Bill.
The passage of the Bill on Tuesday was preceded by disagreement among the members of the Committee.
Senator Ita Enang, the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), made this known in a statement in Abuja on Monday.
The spokesman of the House, Hon. Abdulrazak Namdas, made this known on Wednesday at a press briefing in Abuja.