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Prof. Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), has called on the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari to pass the Electoral Bill so that INEC can prepare for the 2023 elections. He argued that there are many good things in the bill that will improve the integrity and conduct of elections, such as direct and indirect primaries, and the question of how many parties have a credible register of members. Yiaga Africa Executive Director, Samson Itodo, has called on the National Assembly to give INEC the law to begin preparations for the 2023 elections. He lamented that the commission has a short period to put a lot of its mechanisms together for the conduct of the elections, but NASS only approved 25 of the recommendations. The governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, has also said that the 36 governors are not afraid of direct primary as alleged by some Nigerians. The town hall meeting will discuss key provisions of the Electoral Bill and their implications for election management, election security, electoral integrity and voter participation.