The Senate on Wednesday expressed confidence on the
Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) readiness to conduct free,
fair and credible elections.
The Senate President, David Mark, disclosed this when the
Chairman of INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, briefed the house and demonstrated how
the card reader would be used during plenary.
Mark, who expressed satisfaction at the demonstration of the
card reader and the level of preparedness of INEC, said that the session was
beneficial.
``We have so much confidence that you will organise free,
fair and credible elections; indeed all of us who are standing for election in
the Senate will like to come back.
``We will like to win our election but we want to win in
free, fair and credible elections. I can say that nobody seated here wants to
come back through the back door.
``It is for us to assist you to conduct free, fair and
credible elections and whatever we can do between now and the date you have
chosen for us to go for the elections, we will not hesitate to do.
``I believe that you have benefitted from this interaction;
we have also benefitted.
``A number of issues have been raised and they are pointers
to the way you will like to look at the administrative and technical issues
that have also been raised.’’
Mark urged all senators to utilise the commission’s email
address to report any problems they might be experiencing in their
constituencies relating to the elections.
Sen. Bukola Saraki (APC-Kwara) in an interview after the
session, said he was satisfied with the card reader demonstration on the floor
of the Senate.
He said ``I am very satisfied with the working of the card
reader; it has shown that it does work.
``I think everybody will be more convinced that for this
election, we will be using the card reader.’’
Sen. Ita Enang (PDP-Akwa Ibom) also expressed satisfaction
with the demonstration but expressed concern if the card reader was unable to
accredit all voters in polling units with high number of voters.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that earlier, the
INEC team demonstrated the use of the card reader using PVCs of some senators
present.
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