 The African Parliamentary Advocacy and Reform Group have advised the Nigerians to take parliamentary elections seriously and ensure credible lawmakers have voted into the Senate and the House of Representatives. The group observed that for some time, parliamentary elections have always been conducted in the shadow of the executive-during elections. The group team leader Chibuzo Okerekei observed that parliamentary elections, which are supposedly the symbol of democracy, is often times neglected during the build-up to the general elections and this year is no exception. Okerekei says this perceived attitude by Nigerians and the electoral empire must stop and the pride of place of the parliament must be granted for democracy to thrive in the country. Media platforms are saturated with the presidential campaign rallies and media engagements with presidential candidates and their policy documents in all the political affairs programs of major media organizations in Nigeria. Little or no attention has been channelled towards the electoral campaigns of the National Assembly elections. Members of the team also drew more light on the need for Nigerians to see the parliamentary elections as the most important in our democracy, while urging them to vote only lawmakers with proven track records. We're calling on the media, on behalf of my colleague and also our co-chair, we're calling on the citizens, civil society organizations to also do a bit more of work in amplifying the need for people to cast their votes for the National Assembly choice members. It's about a low voter turnout in elections. The National Assembly elections has been the worst in that category. The report has shown where we have senators at the National Assembly sitting at the National Assembly with probably less than 3% of the eligible voters in their constituents. That's very, very appalling. In all the group wants, Ionic, the media and Nigerians in general, so starts paying attention to the legislature as doing so will further enrich the nation's democratic system going forward.