INEC is ready for free, fair, credible 2023 general elections – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari at an interactive session entitled: “A conversation with President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria,’’ co-hosted by the United State Institute of Peace (USIP), the International Republican Institute, the National Endowment for Democracy, and the International Foundation for Electoral Systems in Washington D.C, United States, said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is ready for free, fair and credible elections in Nigeria in 2023. He told the international community that he approved every request INEC made for preparations for the 2023 general elections because he does not want any excuse from the commission.

President Buhari had declared: “INEC is ready because I made sure they were given all the resources they asked for because I don’t want any excuses that they were denied funds by the government.

‘‘Since 2015, the conduct of our elections continues to steadily improve. From the 2019 general elections, the by-elections and the off-season elections in Edo, Ekiti, Anambra and Osun States were conducted in largely improved contexts to the satisfaction of contestants and voters.

‘‘That is what we hope for in 2023. Through the observatory roles of the International Community, the credibility of the elections can be further enhanced to make the acceptability of the outcome to the contestants and political parties a non-issue.’’

President Buhari claimed that the agricultural revolution of the All Progressives Congress (APC) government created over 13 million direct and indirect jobs in the past seven and half years.

The president said that Nigeria’s economy has recorded positive growth in the last two quarters despite the gloomy outlook in the global economy, and the war in Ukraine.

President Buhari also said that Nigeria is winning the war on terrorism, making significant progress in dealing with the threats to Nigeria’s and the sub-regions safety and survival.