APGA chieftain, Nwankwo, duties INEC on technological know-how, logistics

Dr Ben Nwankwo, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, has encouraged the Unbiased Countrywide Electoral Fee to make improvements to on its technology and logistics toward a credible typical election in 2023.

Nwankwo, a former member of the Home of Representatives, said this when he spoke with the Information Agency of Nigeria in Awka on Sunday.

The previous lawmaker who represented Orumba North and South Federal Constituency at the Countrywide Assembly reported that INEC ought to strive really hard to adopt a more quickly engineering to guarantee credible polls in the long term.

“INEC ought to try really hard to be certain that it adopts a more rapidly engineering to make certain smooth conduct of potential elections primarily the 2023 poll,” he explained.

Nwankwo, also the Chairman, Africa Institute Of General public Administration, was speaking on the Nov. 6 Anambra Governorship Election.

“Nigeria by now really should have been categorized as a created region, but we are using actions backwards.

“The election will have been a person of the most effective in current moments and most people will have been commending INEC for that.

“The Protection arrangement was superb, there was no breakdown of legislation and order to the finest of my information.

“But the unhappy information is that the technological know-how unsuccessful to work by not remaining immediate that culminated in the decline of time, people coming out and not finding accreditation at the suitable time,” he reported.

Nwankwo said that the method adopted for the election was commendable.

“The treatment will have been superb mainly because it was accreditation, vote and go, that will have seemed like what is obtainable in progress countries of the globe.

“But the technologies was on trial and staying on trial I think its success was all-around 30 for every cent. I never know why it failed to operate, whether or not it was community concern or a thing else. It might be bandwidth concern or anything else.

“May it was significant visitors that induced the network not to operate.

“INEC should really be strengthening, it ought to not be likely back and front,” he claimed.

Nwankwo mentioned that the budgetary provision for INEC was sufficient to warranty credit rating elections in the place.

“The budgetary provision for INEC is enough more than enough to ensure credible and honest election. Nigeria in the 21st century should be ready to organise a hitch-absolutely free and credible poll.

“The election surroundings was ok, protection was great mainly because I did not get to listen to stories of stollen ballot containers and did not get to listen to about any fight.

“The variety of safety staff deployed was similarly commendable.

“But the effectiveness of the voting procedure seemed to have remaining much to be deserved,” he reported. (NAN)