Nigeria, June 20 -- The Youth Electoral Reform Project (YERP-Naija), a civil society organisation, on Thursday, called for stripping of Nigerian president's power to appoint top officials of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Reading the organisation's reforms recommendations, Abimbola Aladejare-Salako said YERP-Naija sought "the transfer of the president's executive powers to appoint INEC chairman and national commissioners to a special non-partisan committee".

According to the group, transferring such an appointment power to a non-partisan body, would help "to create a level playing field for all contestants."

The group made the call at a press conference in Abuja as part of its recommendations to the ongoing const...