Mr Sanni Agunbiade, representing Ikorodu Constituency 1, also noted that some politicians were not operating in line with INEC guidelines.

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Alliance for Democracy, Alhaji Musa Umar, said some politicians had been campaigning for elections through some NGOs while others were spending above the approved amounts.

“For INEC to be very effective, it must be totally independent in its finances and operations which include enforcement,’’ he said.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Adekunle Ogunmola, however, expressed optimism that the Electoral Act would be passed before the end of December.

He stressed the need for a special tribunal to try electoral offenders to promote justice, noting that the regular courts were already congested.

Ogunmola said that INEC learnt from reports of observers and they were put into consideration in making elections better.

In Kwara, the All Progressives Congress (APC) condemned the proposed deployment of military during elections, saying that it would amount to an infringement of rights of voters.

Chief Wole Oke, an APC chieftain, said deploying military to polling units would be counterproductive as it was sure to scare people away from exercising their civic responsibility.