
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.