The two day United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), sponsored Workshop on Corruption and Electoral Process organised by Shelter Rights Initiative (SRI), with other non-governmental organisations ended in Lagos yesterday.

In a communique issued at the end of the workshop, the group condemned the indefinite suspension of the local government election, attributing it to what they called manipulation of the constitution.

Participants called for an increase participation of women in politics to justify the principles of democracy. It, however, observed that the women prefers to work for their men folks during electioneering campaigns due to what they described as the inaccessibility of the women while in the office.

It also hailed the 1998 military organised general elections which ushered in the civilian government and urged the INEC to do everything possible to repeat the world acclaimed process.

Mr Ezi Onyekpere expressed satisfaction saying that the participants are the primary target group with expected multiply effects that can facilitate the general elections and described the workshop as timely.