Nigerian leader signs amended electoral act ahead of 2023 elections

STORY: Nigerian leader signs amended electoral act ahead of 2023 elections DATELINE: Feb. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:35 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: various of the meetingSOUNDBITE (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President STORYLINE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari signed an amended electoral act Friday ahead of next year's general elections in the most populous African country. The re-worked electoral act holds a lot of promises for improving the election processes in Nigeria, with the introduction of new technology, and efforts to engender clarity and transparency, Buhari said at a short signing ceremony at the State House in Abuja, the Nigerian capital. The president had earlier rejected the amended electoral act. But while signing it Friday, he said this re-worked version will reduce to the barest minimum incidences of acrimony arising from dissatisfied candidates and political parties. "These commendable efforts are in line with our policy to bequeath posterity and la