The Centre for Transparency Advocacy (CTA) has accused the political class of not showing commitment to the new Electoral Act, regretting that they have continued their old ways.

The civil society urged Nigerians to support the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to resist any attempt to halt the use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) in the 2023 general elections.

The Executive Director of CTA, Faith Nwadishi, who said the event was necessitated by recent development in the polity where an opposition coalition raised the alarm of some alleged plot to halt the use of BVAS and effect leadership change in INEC, insisted that Nigerians must rise up to resist such acts.

She said: “Recent disclosures and developments have activated in us the responsibility to speak in defence of our country and her democracy. The 2023 general election, which is 133 days away, is upon Nigeria and Nigerians.

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She said her group appreciated the steady progress made by the country in its electoral process.

The centre, according to Nwadishi, praised INEC for its ongoing clean-up exercise ahead of the elections, saying the action had instilled hope in Nigerians.

“So far, about 2.7 million invalid registrants were cleaned up from the system.

“This act has shown that the Commission is on the right cause to getting credible voters registered,” she said.

CTA notes that there can’t be credible elections without a credible register of voters.

“While INEC has shown signs of progress, we note that the political class has not shown commitment to the new Electoral Act and its provisions,” she said.