AHEAD the 2015 general election in Nigeria, the United States (US) government, on Monday, reiterated his stand for a free and fair general election, adding that it would stand with Nigerians to reject vote selling or buying as well as violence.
The leader of the US team expressed hope that her government's continued electoral assistance would give the needed support to the Nigerian citizens who, she said, deserved elections that would reflect their will.
"We also have confidence that in 2015, elections in every polling unit in the country will be safe," she said, while urging the electorate to hold politicians, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the media, judiciary and security agencies accountable for free and fair elections.
The Assistant Secretary of State, who was visiting the country for the third time since her appointment last year, recalled that in the run-up to Nigeria's 2011 elections, the US and the United Kingdom (UK) contributed $31.3 million to strengthen the electoral management body and the civil society groups.
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