The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the National Assembly to fast-track amendments to the electoral legal framework.

INEC Boss, Mahmood Yakubu, when he hosted Head of the European Union election observation follow-up mission to Nigeria, Barry Andrews, in Abuja, stated that an early passage of the legislation is crucial to the commission’s preparations for the next general election.

According to him, the commission has reviewed the eight recommendations addressed to it in the EU mission’s report on the 2023 polls.

He noted that in 2019, the EU mission made 30 recommendations, with 11 specifically directed at INEC, with three of them classified as priorities, while the other eight were general.

Yakubu added that the remaining 15 recommendations, five of which were marked as priorities, require action by other institutions in the executive, legislature, judiciary, political parties, and other stakeholders.