LAGOS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria is consulting with South Africa and Ghana in its efforts to reform its electoral system and ensure credible elections, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Monday.

Nigerian Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu disclosed this in Johannesburg, South Africa on Sunday.

According to the senate leader, the leadership of the Ghanaian electoral commission had also been invited to share their experience with Nigeria in efforts to put in place an enduring electoral system.

"We have made contacts with the head of the South African electoral commission so that she can come and share her experience with us," he said.

He added that the electoral reform committee was determined to give Nigerians an electoral system that had been tested in other places, noting that the system would be able to advance the country's democracy.

"We owe Nigerians the responsibility to ensure good governance in the country and I want to reassure you that we will do our optimum to put Government in check and make sure that the peoples votes count," he said.

"We are serious about the exercise and we will complete it in good time so that by 2011, we will have a robust and world-class electoral system that can ensure that every vote counts," he added.

"We are not ashamed to say we have challenges in this area and we want to share experience with those in other parts of the world," said Ekweremadu.

He said the relationship between Nigeria and South Africa should be that of partners and not competitors so as to maximize the gains of their bilateral relations.