The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been challenged by the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) to improve its capabilities to ensure a smooth governorship election on November 11 in Imo, Kogi, and Bayelsa. IPAC head Yabagi Sani stated on Wednesday in Abuja that Nigerians do not believe INEC will conduct credible and fair elections.
He expressed hope that INEC will work to reestablish trust with the electorate, political parties, and itself.
“We, as IPAC, believe that INEC has learned some lessons, and they know that there is a huge deficit of trust between the commission and Nigerians,” stated Mr. Sani.
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The IPAC added, “This happened because INEC was over-ambitious and wanted things to work very well during the presidential elections, but underlined conditions did not allow them to achieve the high standards they set for themselves.
“So INEC will have to go back to its drawing board and take a look at things that went wrong and correct them. And this doesn’t mean that they should throw away their technological advancements because they served their purpose, and there is nothing wrong with the use of technology.”
Mr Sani stated that the use of technology was not the problem of INEC in the conduct of the general elections but the conduct of its officials, political parties and their agents, and Nigerians.
However, The IPAC leader advised INEC to improve and advance its technology usage to set a better standard for Nigeria on the global scene as the largest and strongest democratic country in Africa.
“INEC must set and show a good example in the November 11 off-cycle governorship election. It should show that we have technology and we can use them perfectly,” said Mr Sani.
(NAN)
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