Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has expressed confidence that the recent amendments to the electoral law will strengthen the nation’s electoral process and make it conform to international best practices.
Saraki stated that when assented to, the amendments would eliminate rigging, violence and other malpractices associated with the voting process.
The Senate President according to a statement by his Special Assistant in Public Affairs, Mohammed Isa, made this known while receiving a delegation of Safran IS, an international biometric and identity management company, that visited him in Abuja.
“I believe the amendments will strengthen our electoral processes, particularly at the transmission of results to the various stages of collation,” Saraki said.
“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.”
Saraki further expressed the readiness of the Senate to partner with any organization that could provide the right solutions, and requested Safran to collaborate with the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and support their initiative.
Earlier, the leader of the delegation, Ms Jessica Van Meeteren explained that based on its experiences and successes in similar jobs in other countries, Safran IS possess the required technology and technical know-how to provide Nigeria with the solutions.
Meeteren said the company had undertaken similar jobs in countries such as Côte d’Ivoire, India, Chile among others.
