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1. Public Enlightenment and Civic Education: A comprehensive public enlightenment and civic education program should be implemented. 2. Electoral umpire impartiality: Our electoral umpires should be impartial and not favor one candidate over another. 3. Politics must be de-monetized: Any effort to eliminate electoral malpractices without removing money's influence will be in vain. In Nigerian politics, money has had a highly negative role. 4. Change our perceptions of opposition: Electoral malpractices can be avoided if we alter our perceptions of opposition members from other political parties. 5. The deployment of a modified open-secret ballot system in its true form is the answer to election rigging. 6. Election riggers should face severe penalties. A new electoral law reform should be enacted that spells out harsh penalties for violators.