Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has urged the National Assembly to immediately review the present electoral laws and procedures to improve their efficacy, transparency, and legitimacy and align them with international best practices.
Atiku made the statement on Monday, pointing to the most recent Ghanaian elections as an example of the changes that must be made to remove any uncertainty from the voting process.
Atiku emphasized that the National Assembly should amend the electoral laws to enable INEC, the Independent National Electoral Commission, to conduct credible, swift, and transparent elections.
He pointed out that Ghana’s quick results announcement—contestants were given their results by Sunday morning following a Saturday election—highlights the need of integrating effective technology into the voting process.
The statement said:
“The recently concluded presidential election in Ghana, our next-door neighbour, presents a wake-up call to INEC and the National Assembly on the need to review our electoral process and make it more efficient, transparent, credible and in line with best practices across the world. There is a need for INEC to embrace technology and make it help the process.”
“Any excuse that still allows some officials to conduct elections manually or gives the impression that results cannot be uploaded in real-time on the IREV should be eliminated. Any election that does not meet the technology threshold should be nullified.”
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