INEC Poorly Prepared For Elections – PDP Governors

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INEC Poorly Prepared For Elections – PDP Governors

The Peoples Democratic Party Governors’ Forum has kicked against the use of card readers for the March 28and April 11 general elections.

The governors, at an interactive session with the media and civil society organisations in Lagos on Tuesday, also faulted the Independent National Electoral Commission preparedness for the elections.

Before the interactive session titled [b]‘Sustenance of Democratic Values and National Development,’ ended,The PUNCH learnt that INEC had summoned leaders of all the political parties in the country to a meeting on Thursday over the polls.
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As if acting a script with its governors, the PDP also on Tuesday sent a letter to the electoral body detailing its observations on Saturday’s Card Readers mock in 12 states.

The governors at the Lagos forum were Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom); Liyel Imoke (Cross River); Seriake d!ckson (Bayelsa); Babangida Aliyu (Niger); Sule Lamido (Jigawa); Bala Ngilari (Adamawa); Ayo Fayose (Ekiti) and Olusegun Mimiko (Ondo).Others were Ibrahim Shema (Katsina); Jonah Jang (Plateau); Mukhtar Yero (Kaduna) and Ibrahim Danwambo (Gombe).The PDPGF usually holds its meetings in Abuja or any PDP state but this time round they chose Lagos, a stronghold of the opposition All Progressives Congress for the interactive session.

Akpabio, who is the chairman of the PDPGF, said Lagos was chosen because it is the headquarters of the media and activism in Nigeria.

Akpabio said that Lagos had been plagued by the propaganda of the APC and that the PDP wanted to showcase its achievements in the city.

He said the postponement of the elections were justifiable. Although the governors did not canvass for the use of Temporary Voter Cards, they maintained that people who do not have Permanent Voter Cards should be allowed to vote.

Akpabio said Nigerians should be grateful to the PDP for ensuring that the country had the longest span(16 years) of democracy.