| | CMAG reviewed the progress of the programme for the restoration of democracy in Nigeria announced by the Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar, on 20 July 1998. In doing so the Group was guided by the reports of the Commonwealth groups that observed all the four elections on which the programme was based. CMAG noted that all these reports concluded that, despite various deficiencies observed, overall conditions existed for the free expression of will by the electorate and in particular, that the Commonwealth Observer Group concluded that the February National Assembly and Presidential Elections constituted a legitimate basis for completion of the transition from military to civilian democratic government. |
