REC dismisses plot to pass vote of no confidence on Jega
The Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Mr Olusegun Agbaje,
on Sunday, dismissed the speculations making the rounds that the
National Electoral Commissioners and the State Resident Electoral
Commissioners, RECs, of the Independent National Electoral Commission,
(INEC), have resolved to pass a vote of no confidence on the chairman of
the Commission, Professor Attahiru Jega, to pave the way for his
removal from office.
Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Agbaje declared that the speculations was the handiwork of a few lazy politicians who were out to distract the attention of Jega, discredit the commission and cause confusion in the land ahead the elections.
According to Agbaje, “as we speak, as the Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, I’m not aware of any plan to pass a vote of no confidence on our chairman, Professor Jega, by National and Resident Electoral Commissioners as been alleged in some quarters, it is the handiwork of a few lazy politicians, they just want to cause confusion in the land and with the prayers and supports of all Nigerians, they will not succeed.
“Even if the National and Resident Electoral Commissioners are to meet today to vote on our chairman on any issue, especially the 2015 general elections, I’m sure he will get nothing less than 80 pert cent votes in his favour because he is a team player any time any day. Nigeria is blessed to have such a man as the chairman of INEC at this point in time,” he stated.
According to him, “as a team player who knows his onions, Jega consults widely at all times on all issues. If he consults with the National Electoral Commissioners on any issue and he still needs additional inputs, he will quickly summon all the State RECs for further consultation as well as other stakeholders including the leaders of the registered Political parties, Civil Society Organisations, the National Assembly, the Security Agencies, the Press and others depending on the issue involved”.
Speaking on the mock election and test running of the Card Readers’ Machines conducted in some states of the Federation on Saturday, by the Commission ahead of the elections, Agbaje described the exercise as a huge success and urged Nigerians to shun politics and sentiments and embrace the new technology which he said would eliminate all sorts of known electoral malpractices at the polls.
According to him, “there is nothing to fear about the introduction of the new technology. I supervised the exercise in Lagos and we saw it all, everything went on smoothly. In fact, there was a man who came from another area not covered by the test running to where we operated the card Reader and his card was rejected out rightly, that is the extent people will go to discredit all what INEC is doing to deliver a credible election for the nation.”
On the level of collection and distribution of PVCs in Ondo State, Agbaje disclosed that INEC had given out 1,105,709 PVCs representing 74 per cent collection.
According to him, “we still have 388,460 cards or 26 per cent of the total cards in our custody as of last Friday; so, we are calling on those who are yet to collect theirs to take advantage of the recent extension of collection deadline to do so.”
Speaking with newsmen in Abuja, Agbaje declared that the speculations was the handiwork of a few lazy politicians who were out to distract the attention of Jega, discredit the commission and cause confusion in the land ahead the elections.
According to Agbaje, “as we speak, as the Ondo State Resident Electoral Commissioner, I’m not aware of any plan to pass a vote of no confidence on our chairman, Professor Jega, by National and Resident Electoral Commissioners as been alleged in some quarters, it is the handiwork of a few lazy politicians, they just want to cause confusion in the land and with the prayers and supports of all Nigerians, they will not succeed.
“Even if the National and Resident Electoral Commissioners are to meet today to vote on our chairman on any issue, especially the 2015 general elections, I’m sure he will get nothing less than 80 pert cent votes in his favour because he is a team player any time any day. Nigeria is blessed to have such a man as the chairman of INEC at this point in time,” he stated.
According to him, “as a team player who knows his onions, Jega consults widely at all times on all issues. If he consults with the National Electoral Commissioners on any issue and he still needs additional inputs, he will quickly summon all the State RECs for further consultation as well as other stakeholders including the leaders of the registered Political parties, Civil Society Organisations, the National Assembly, the Security Agencies, the Press and others depending on the issue involved”.
Speaking on the mock election and test running of the Card Readers’ Machines conducted in some states of the Federation on Saturday, by the Commission ahead of the elections, Agbaje described the exercise as a huge success and urged Nigerians to shun politics and sentiments and embrace the new technology which he said would eliminate all sorts of known electoral malpractices at the polls.
According to him, “there is nothing to fear about the introduction of the new technology. I supervised the exercise in Lagos and we saw it all, everything went on smoothly. In fact, there was a man who came from another area not covered by the test running to where we operated the card Reader and his card was rejected out rightly, that is the extent people will go to discredit all what INEC is doing to deliver a credible election for the nation.”
On the level of collection and distribution of PVCs in Ondo State, Agbaje disclosed that INEC had given out 1,105,709 PVCs representing 74 per cent collection.
According to him, “we still have 388,460 cards or 26 per cent of the total cards in our custody as of last Friday; so, we are calling on those who are yet to collect theirs to take advantage of the recent extension of collection deadline to do so.”
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