The Independent National Electoral
Commission Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has denied allegations that he
is under pressure to resign.
“I have a job to do and it would be a
disservice to Nigerians for me to resign,” Jega told a town hall meeting
in Abuja on Monday.
He also gave assurance that voters whose
fingerprints might not be recognised by card readers would be allowed
to vote after they must have filled incident forms.
The INEC boss said that protests and
calls by some groups for his resignation would not deter him and his
team from delivering free and fair elections to Nigerians.
He said, “I have heard of the several
calls for me to be removed. In fact, I am aware that some groups have
been protesting. Well, I have a job to do and I will do it. Nobody has
asked me to resign and all of us at INEC are focused on ensuring that
this election is free and fair.”
Jega assured Nigerians that INEC had put in place, some stringent measures to prevent multiple voting in the elections.
Jega said that the time lapse between
the accreditation and voting exercise was aimed at restricting movement
of voters from one polling unit to the other and also ensuring that
people did not vote more than once.
No comments:
Post a Comment
We reserve the right to delete any message found vulgarizing. Avoid crude or indecent texts..