The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Catriona Laing, has said that the government of the United Kingdom will closely monitor the 2023 polls. The UK said this became necessary to ensure credible elections in 2023.
Laing, who disclosed this in an interview on Sunday, November 19, 2022, in Abuja., said the UK would monitor the elections closely.
She expressed the UK government’s optimism that Nigeria would deliver free and fair elections in 2023 once the amended Electoral Act was implemented.
She said the UK government had been supporting the electoral process in Nigeria by ensuring that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) got the processes right and working with Civil Society Organisations to carry out advocacy.