THE Senate Com'ttee on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has charged the Commission to ensure transparency and credibility in the conduct of the November 18 Anambra State governorship election
Chairman of the Committee, Senator Suleiman Nafiz, who led members of the committee on a visit to Anambra State in connection with the election, warned against conducting an inconclusive election, saying INEC must ensure a credible exercise. Nafiz, with other members of the Committee, including Senators Mao Ohuabunwa and Aliu Sabi, also held a meeting with INEC officials and chairmen and secretaries of various political parties at the INEC headquarters in Awka He said: “I want the leadership of INEC to ensure that Anambra governorship election is conclusive, free, fair and credible. This is necessary because the credibility of the Anambra governorship election will serve as a litmus test for the 2019 general elections, urging INEC to ensure level playing ground for all the political parties contesting the poll.
He said the Commission would be deploying one card reader machine per voting point and field technical officers who would handle any challenges arising from the malfunctioning of the card readers. Orji also reiterated the commitment of the Commission to conduct free, fair, credible and acceptable election to the people of the state. At the meeting, some of the governorship candidates and party chairmen raised some issues and the challenges they were facing in the course of their campaigns. Among them were alleged discovery of INEC materials in a hotel, the selective debate being planned by a television station, IPOB propaganda of no election, alleged purchase of voters cards by some politicians at a fee and uncollected PVCs.
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