The Partners for Electoral Reform has sounded an alarm calling for more institutional reforms in Election management in Nigeria. The group warned that the Nigerian Government should not rest on his oars on gains made in the management of the 2011 elections.
In a press conference last week, the Partners for Electoral Reforms comprising of the Nigerian Bar Association NBA, Trade Union Congress of Nigeria TUC, Transition Monitoring Group TMG, Federation of Muslim Women’s Associations in Nigeria FOMWAN, Justice Development and Peace Commission JDPC, Forward in Action for Education, Poverty and Malnutrition FACE-PAM, Youth Action Initiative Africa YAIA, and Centre for Policy Advocacy & Leadership Development CPALD made specific recommendations to deepen Nigeria’s election management processes.
Chief among the recommendation is the De-bundling of the Independent National Electoral Commission by pruning its activities and mandate related to party registration, prosecution of electoral offences, voter education and constituency delineation in order to allow the commission focus on its primary objective of administering and managing elections in Nigeria.
The PER also called for the inclusion of independent candidature at all level of the political process to allow persons who do not subscribe to any political affiliation exercise their political rights to contest for elections without belonging to any political party in NIgeria.
