Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan, on Tuesday, assured that the Ninth National Assembly will prioritize credible and acceptable electoral processes for the country.
He made this known while receiving the European Union Elections Observers Mission in Nigeria, led by Ambassador Keitec Karlsen in his office.
He was of full confidence that the electoral processes would meet international best practices and the aspirations of Nigerians.
He said that the Federal Government considered electioneering process of great importance.
He noted that there was no doubt that stakeholders in election processes have lessons to learn from every election in the country.
Lawan commended the European Union Mission for its report and recommendations provided on the last elections.
He described the visit of the Mission as “historic as the number one visit to my office after elections of the Presiding officers of the 9th Assembly.”
He said, “What can be more important than meeting with elections observers from the European Union.
“We consider our elections of great importance, we have lessons to learn and we want our elections to be credible and meet with best practices.
“The National Assembly has always worked hard on Electoral Act to ensure that we improve on the standard. Your recommendations will fire us to more better electoral processes.”
The Senate President seized the opportunity of the visit to request for more collaboration with the European Union Mission, thereby urging them to help in building capacity of members of the Nigerian parliament.
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