President Muhammadu Buhari says
he is impressed with the preparations made by the Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) towards the general election.
According to a statement by Garba
Shehu, spokesman of the president, Buhari made the remark while speaking on
Tuesday during a meeting with the European Union Observer Mission (EOM) to
Nigeria, at the state house, Abuja.
The president said he was
optimistic that the electoral body would deliver a credible poll, noting that
Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman, had briefed the national council of state about
the commission’s plans.
The president told the EU
delegation that Nigeria had grown its electoral system and it is “getting
better year after year”.
“I am happy and impressed with the
briefing he gave. I hope that the confidence he exuded and the intellect he
brought to bear on the report will be justified at the end of the day,” he
said.
“Having participated in elections
four times in the past, I would say that since 2015, technology has helped the
credibility of our elections.”
Buhari said despite the different
ethnic groups and religions, “patriotism demands that we identify the nation’s
best interest and go with it”.
He said the All Progressives
Congress (APC) administration has the “good sense” of identifying the national
interest to include security, peace and stability, improved economy, jobs
creation and the campaign against corruption.
He noted that the party is not
wrong by going into the forthcoming elections with the same issues it
enumerated in its campaigns in 2015.
The president thanked the
delegation for taking interest in Nigeria’s elections and in the affairs of the
nation.
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