The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC Chairman, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that his commission is ready for the 2015 general elections.
Jega was speaking today at the National Stakeholders’ Summit on the 2015 general election in Abuja and said that nothing can stop it from conducting “flawless or near perfect elections” this year.
Prof. Attahiru Jega
He said that they have since last elections succeeded in cleaning up the voter register by identifying and removing multiple registrations, he said his wards have also been succesful in making and distributing permanent voter cards, PVCs, with 82 percent collection of the cards recorded.
He then said that INEC had gotten card reading machines, CRMs, verified and validated polling units, and conducted trainings for its regular and ad-hoc staff.
He said that the moving of polls from the earlier date of February 14 and 28 to March 28 and April 11 gave them more time “to perfect the electoral process for the delivery of free, fair and credible elections”.
He also told the stakeholders at the event to pay close attention to the polls, Jega reiterated that “accreditation for the elections would start at 8am and end at 1pm while voting would start at 1:30pm and end when the last person votes”.
He then explained the difference between the red, green and black ballot boxes.
He revealed that the red cover boxes would be used for the presidential ballot, black cover boxes for the senatorial ballot and green cover boxes for the house of representativeS ballot.
Jega assured the nation that in case of mistakes, the ballot papers would be sorted and put in the right boxes, but some political parties present at the event opposed the idea on the grounds that it was against their agreement with INEC.
He then promised the people, that the result sheets would be scanned and published on the commission’s website after the polls.
“INEC is determined to be impartial. We will continue to do all that is possible to ensure a level-playing field for all political parties,” he asserted.
Jega had earlier today at the warned Youth Corpers from the NYSC program to avoid being used by political parties to perpetrate violence during the polls.
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