 A coalition of over 80 civil society organizations on Thursday regrouped in Abuja. They were there to mount pressure on President Muhammad Ubarri to sign the Electoral Act Amendment Bill 2021, according to them, a sense that the Electoral Bill 2021 would facilitate early preparations on efficient election administration of the 2023 General Elections. Meanwhile, the elections are just 443 days away. INEX Commissioner on Voter Education, Faisal Sokwe, has spoken on President Buharis' letter to the Commission detailing INEX position constitutionally, legally and administratively as the engine of the Electoral Legal Framework. The force is the issue of referencing and cross-referencing, whether those things were done properly. Because the issue of cross-referencing is very, very germane to the bill. The moment you do improper cross-referencing, it has very serious implications, especially when we have election petitions. The second issue we are looking at is the issue of topographical errors, whether there are topographical errors that can just be corrected. The third issue is whether any of the provisions of the bill violates the core internment of the Constitution. Because as you are aware, the Constitution is the fundamental law of the land. Now, the fourth issue we are looking at is whether there are issues of proper sequencing, especially in relation to the dates. And you know, in relation to the work of the Commission, dates are very, very important. Then we're also looking at whether there are also provisions in the bill that are difficult to implement. We need to date the President if there are provisions that are difficult to implement. Then we have to put the bill side by side with the existing legal framework, with existing electoral act, and see whether there are provisions that have been deleted and needs to be restored, or whether there are provisions that need to be reworked on. So those are the things that the President asks us to look at. And the Commission has looked at it, and we'll respond to the President within the timeframe the President gives to the Commission to respond. Hello. Hope you enjoyed the news. Please do subscribe to our YouTube channel and don't forget to hit the notification button so you get notified about fresh news updates.