The European Union said it has committed about €80 million since the return of democracy in 1999 in Nigeria’s electoral process.

This was disclosed by the‎ head of politics, information and communication section of the European Union delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Pauline Torehall, on Friday at a media workshop in Abuja.

Torehall said this was in terms of technical support to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC),‎ the National Assembly, political parties, the media and civil society organisations.

“In specific relation to INEC, the EU through a long standing partnership with INEC since 1999, have tried to promote the following: strengthen INEC’s strategic planning, policy framework and operational capacity and systems; enhance INEC’s capacity for efficient internal communication, including transmission system, and engagement mechanisms with stakeholders; improve the quality of INEC’s periodic voter registration system and strengthen the quality of the register of voters; support INEC  in drafting legislative proposals for electoral reform, new constituency delimitation,  and increase number of polling stations (and) ensure INEC polling station staff are better trained,” she stated.