Nigerians must put pressure on govt to ensure amendment in electoral laws – Kingibe

The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe, has called for sustained nationalist unit to propulsion for amendments successful Nigeria’s electoral laws, saying reforms are indispensable to fortify the country’s antiauthoritarian process.

She made the remarks during an interrogation connected Arise Television connected Monday, wherever she besides reacted to concerns astir Nigeria’s electoral procedures and reforms.

Kingibe expressed disappointment with claims that Nigeria’s ballot papers deficiency information features, insisting that safeguarding of the ballot person ever been portion of the system.

“Since erstwhile and successful what predetermination person we ever conducted wherever INEC ballot papers did not person information measures, that you tin bring immoderate benignant of ballot insubstantial and ballot with it? It’s ne'er happened,” she said.

She noted that portion moving connected electoral reforms, important efforts were made to make a credible model involving cardinal stakeholders, including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), lawmakers, and civilian nine groups.

“For 2 years we worked connected a papers that was acceptable. We did a bicameral sitting, not conscionable the Senate, but the Senate and the House, arsenic good arsenic INEC and immoderate CSOs,” she said.

According to her, the result of that process was aboriginal altered.

“We came up...