It said this had shown the entire world that “democracy has come to stay in Nigeria.”
It however advised the commission to urgently address all the challenges identified during the polls ahead of the second phase involving the governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections, slated for April 11 to ensure a hitch free exercise.
Chairman of the Senate Committee on INEC, Senator Andy Uba, and his House of Representatives counterpart, Jerry Manwe, conveyed the position of the lawmakers to the commission during a courtesy call to INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega in Abuja on Thursday.
They declared that they were in the commission to express their happiness and commendation about the success recorded by INEC in the conduct of the polls.
They urged the commission to address the challenges witnessed in some parts of the country during the last Saturday polls, saying such challenges should be considered in preparation for the upcoming governorship poll in order to make it a huge success.
Uba and Manwe commended the spirit of sportsmanship displayed by President Goodluck Jonathan by calling the President-elect, Maj. Gen. Muhamadu Buhari(retd.), to congratulate him ahead of the announcement of the results of the election by INEC.
The federal lawmakers said such action would further deepen the growing democracy in the country in particular and Africa in general.
In his remark, Jega said elections in Nigeria would continue to be better as improvement was being recorded with each conduct of the election.
He added that as the governorship election comes up on April 11, all the identified challenges in the last week’s poll would be factored in and addressed appropriately.
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