PDP Chairman Adamu Muazu says that INEC was never prepared
for the earlier proposed date of February 14th for the general elections.
While in a related development, the Chairman of the PDP
Presidential campaign organization, Sen. Ahmodu Ali, at a press conference in
Abuja yesterday, said:
"From all indications, INEC is not fully prepared for
the elections. These are issues with the PVCs. Almost 30 million people are yet
to get their PVCs despite the fact that the date of distribution was extended.
Will it be possible to have a credible election when millions of Nigerians are
disenfranchised because of lack of permanent voter cards? There are also
reports that the PVC readers are not fully distributed and tested.
How can INEC handle cases of faulty card readers? Do they
have a credible plan B in situations where voters are lined up and the card
readers refuse to work? Ballot boxes are reportedly inadequate. Adequate
training of staff for the election had not been concluded and there are other
problems facing INEC. Quite clearly, the shift in election dates is meant to
save INEC from monumental embarrassment. I would like to reiterate that the PDP
is ready for the election any day. We are querying the INEC for some
aberrations in the distribution of PVCs.
How can Borno State which is under siege register more PVC
collections than Lagos State? The INEC might have allowed the distribution of
its cards to be tampered with. We hope that INEC will now use the extra time it
has given itself to perfect its methodology; for example the card readers need
to be tried and tested during the training of its operators”. he said.
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