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Nigeria: INEC to scrap weak parties

By alternativeafrica
March 30, 2019
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London, March 30, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Nigeria’s electoral body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC is to begins the process of delisting weak  parties in the country that perform below required standard in the just concluded national election

The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, who said this in an interview with a leading Nigerian tabloid, Saturday PUNCH added that the process would begin after the conclusion of the supplementary elections and petitions filed at various electoral tribunals

Aside scraping weak political parties, INEC is also to review the  spending of the  parties that participated in the general elections.

Okoye told the paper, “the commission is tracking campaign spending by the  parties using its tracking devices. The commission will review the campaign spending of the parties at the conclusion of the current electoral  process.”

NEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu

The INEC chief said  a review of the performances  of the parties could not be done immediately because any party stood a chance of victory in the reruns  or at the tribunals.

He said, “The process can only be activated when the commission completes all the supplementary elections and all the election petitions are disposed of. There is a possibility that a party that has not done well in any of the elections may win a seat in the National Assembly or state House of Assembly during the supplementary elections.

“At the appropriate time, the commission will review the performances of  the  parties and take a decision on their future.

He  decried the attitude of the political elites who he accused of making  moves to frustrate INEC’s  efforts to  conduct credible elections in the country.

Okoye said,  “I take the view that the bandwagon syndrome in our electoral process is now a fact of history. The era when candidates used subterfuge, corrupted electoral process  and allocated fictitious votes is over.

“The spectre of inconclusive elections is a function of the improvements in our electoral process as well as the desperation of the parties and the political elite. Politicians are getting desperate and keep plotting to render the smart card readers useless.

“Politicians are deploying violence in the electoral process and making the Nigerian people to disengage  from the process. Politicians are kidnapping employees of the commission, maiming employees of the commission and killing employees of the commission.

“Staff members of the commission are being forced to write fake results and make false declarations and return.

“Our resolve is to conduct good elections and work collaboratively with the security agencies to secure the environment for elections.”

The INEC  chief  said  while the paramount interest of the commission was the conduct of free, fair and credible  elections, the conduct of such elections was a multi-stakeholder venture.

He said, “Securing the electoral environment for credible elections is a function of the Nigeria Police Force as the lead agency in election security. In this venture, they are assisted by other security agencies.

“In terms of the law, Section 29(3) of the Electoral Act gives the commission the discretion to request the assistance of the armed forces in terms of movement of its materials and personnel. The commission can also request the assistance of the armed forces in terms of protecting its personnel in difficult terrain.”

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