The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has
responded to the criticisms, which trailed the conduct of the 2019
general election.
Chairman of the commission, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, at the
strategic committee meeting on the post-2019 general election
yesterday, said criticism is the basis for making any system work,
adding that no democracy or electoral process is perfect.
“Every democracy is work in progress.
“Where we should to be criticised, I consistently say that
friends will criticise you, but your enemies will condemn you,” he
stated.
Yakubu, who praised the role of electoral officers (EOs) in the
conduct of elections, noted that anyone who is familiar with
elections knows that the electoral officers at local government
levels play critical roles.
According to him, election activities are heavily dependent on
the electoral officers.
“Anything that anybody is going to say about the conduct of
elections in Nigeria is secondary to the kind of information we are
going to hear from those who truly conduct elections that matter at
the level of the PUs (polling units).
“The most important level of election on Election Day is
actually the PUs, anything that happens thereafter is the movement
of results and collation.”
National Commissioner in charge of Planning, Monitoring and
Strategy Committee, Dr. Mohammed Lecky, said the just concluded
2019 elections, would not be deemed to have been completely
concluded until a report is submitted, validated and published as
part of INEC’s accountability to Nigerians.
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