INEC Is On The Right Path – Labour Party Candidate
The Enugu state Labour party governorship candidate, Chijioke Edeoga has appeal to Nigerians to put faith and trust on the independent National Electoral commission, INEC to deliver a free fair and credible elections in 2023.
According to him there is a trust deficit in Nigeria owing to the age long failure of political leaders to deliver good governance, but the electoral umpire has made incremental development over the years and Nigerians should appreciate that.
The labour party candidate made the appeal in Abuja while featuring in Signature TV’s Webiner, season 2 with the theme: “2023 Election: Reducing corruption-The role of Politicians and institutions”.
While responding to a question on the level of preparedness of INEC as Nigerians Journey into 2023, he affirmed that dispite the enormous challenges facing the electoral umpire ranging from lack of Infrastructure and finance, INEC as an institution has risen up to the challenge and has made visible progress in the electoral process.
He said that INEC in a bid to reduce human interference from 2011 till date has introduced technological innovation to prevent political parties and politicians from hijacking the process such as the smart card reader and Bimodal Voter Accreditation System,BVAS machine.
He called on the national Assembly to work for the people in whose mandate they are there, as a symbol of representative democracy and not for their personal enrichment. He also called on the media to educate the populace on true nationalism and the need to make informed choices in 2023 elections.
Corruption Tori is a pidgin English anti corruption program produced by Signature TV and supported by MacArthur Foundation to amplify the war against corruption.
