President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed his happiness with the preparations made so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The President said he is very impressed with the electoral commission when he received the members of the European Union Observer Mission (EOM) at the State House in Abuja.
He also assured that INEC would deliver on its mandate of a credible poll.
In a statement received by okay on Tuesday evening from Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, said he had listened to the INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, when he briefed the National Council of State earlier today.
Buhari told the Observers, “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.”
Mr. president also told the EU Observers that Nigeria had grown its electoral system incrementally, getting better year after year.
“Having participated in elections four times in the past, I would say that since 2015, technology has helped the credibility of our elections,” he said.
Buhari thanked the delegation for taking interest in Nigeria’s elections, and in the affairs of the nation generally.
The EOM team, accompanied by Ambassador Ketil Karlsen, Head, European Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, said that the EU had observed every election in Nigeria since 1999, and had come here again for the next one, following an invitation by INEC.
