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Resign now, NPC tells Jega
Written by Christian Okeke, Abuja Monday, 04 April 2011
With the National Assembly election shifted again to Saturday, by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), one of the registered political parties in the country, the Nigerian Peoples Congress (NPC) has demanded the immediate resignation of the commission’s chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega.
The party maintained that it had become necessary for Jega to resign following his inability to conduct the National Assembly election last Saturday.
In a statement signed by its national chairman, Prince Ngozi Emioma, the party stated that this was the only way the INEC boss could save his image and save the nation further embarrassment.
The party, in the statement noted that, “last Friday, Professor Jega, assured the nation and the international community that INEC was ready for the National Assembly elections only to announce to a bewildered nation on Saturday that the elections had been postponed due to late arrival of result sheets from Japan.
“The cancellation of the elections is a national disaster that has once more proved that Professor Jega is not prepared to conduct free, fair, credible and transparent general election.
“To unilaterally fix Monday, April 4, for the NASS elections without consulting political parties and other stakeholders shows that Jega is not serious.
“The INEC boss did not consider the logistics involved in conducting a national election. Political parties will mobilise their agents and pay them, many Nigerians will travel to the places they registered to vote, many others will not stay till Monday, April 4, to cast their votes thus defranchising them; the financial cost to individuals, political parties, companies and the nation cannot be quantified due to gross carelessness of the electoral umpire.
“INEC should not take Nigerians for a ride. Jega has demoralised the electorate and embarrassed the nation. He had earlier made a number of false steps which we strongly condemn and urge him to sit up and do the right thing.”
“This time he has ridiculed the nation before the whole world. We urge him to resign immediately,” the party added.
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