{"id":362397,"date":"2011-04-03T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2011-04-03T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/03\/acn-anpp-cnpp-buhari-reject-monday-date\/"},"modified":"2011-04-03T00:40:00","modified_gmt":"2011-04-03T00:40:00","slug":"acn-anpp-cnpp-buhari-reject-monday-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/03\/acn-anpp-cnpp-buhari-reject-monday-date\/","title":{"rendered":"ACN, ANPP, CNPP, Buhari reject Monday date"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The opposition yesterday rose against the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chair Prof. Attahiru Jega for \u201cunilaterally\u201d fixing tomorrow as the new date for the National Assembly election.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN); Presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Gen. Muhammadu Buhari; All Nigeria Peoples Party, \u00a0(ANPP) \u00a0and Conference of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP), said they rejected the date because they were not consulted before it was fixed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jega announced the date in Abuja after suspending the polls yesterday.<\/span><\/p>\n

The suspension, he said, was necessitated by the supplier\u2019s failure to meet up the deadline for delivery of vital materials.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe reject this unilateral decision by (INEC) to fix the postponed National Assembly polls for Monday. The new date \u00a0does not give us enough time to re-mobilise our agents and put in place the necessary logistics,\u201dthe ACN said in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is our position that if INEC could not conduct the elections on Saturday despite its long preparation for the exercise, it is incontestable that it will fail us again on Monday, It said\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Buhari and the parties suggested that the National Assembly elections should hold simultaneously with the presidential election on Saturday instead of tomorrow.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the ACN, \u201cthe only day between Saturday and Monday is Sunday, when banks do not open. Where does INEC expect us to get the funds to mobilise our agents for Monday\u2019s election? Only the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) can quickly mobilise such funds. So that date cannot stand, unless Jega is working against the opposition.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The party added: \u2018\u2019Also, the delay in the arrival and distribution of the result sheet is not the only thing that was wrong with the election today (Saturday). There are many lapses on the part of INEC which cannot be rectified between now and Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, a voter at a polling booth in Lagos (Aboyade Cole\/Manuwa polling booth) said the Labour Party was not on the ballot that was used there. This is an invitation to post-electoral litigation.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2018\u2019In Kwara, the number of ballot papers supplied was largely inadequate, meaning that many voters would have been disenfranchised if the election had not been postponed. In several states, registered voters could not find their names in the register. In fact, at polling booth 004 in Amuwo Odofin in Lagos, less than 50 of the 720 who registered there found their names. It is therefore necessary for INEC to rectify these problems!\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

ACN said Jega should take the reports from his field officials to know the exact problems with today\u2019s election, with a view to rectifying them, instead of rushing to fix a new, unrealistic date for the postponed election.<\/span><\/p>\n

It also advised him to look inwards in identifying the reason for the bungling of the poll, reminding him of ACN\u2019s consistent warning that his integrity alone will not translate to credible polls, and that the commission still harbours the rump of Maurice Iwu\u2019s mafia that ensured no election was successful during his (Iwu\u2019s) tenure.<\/span><\/p>\n

ACN said while it appreciates Jega\u2019s candour in admitting INEC\u2019s shortcoming and took responsibility for it, that does not mitigate the fact that Nigerians have been embarrassed and their enthusiasm dampened by the commission\u2019s mis-step.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0\u2018\u2019For instance, if the materials were supposed to have arrived on Thursday and they did not arrive, as Jega said, shouldn\u2019t INEC have saved Nigerians this huge embarrassment and wastage of scarce resources by postponing the poll, instead of cancelling it after it has started? \u2018\u2019 the party queried.<\/span><\/p>\n

CPC\u2019s statement signed by Yinka Odunmakin, said Jega owed the country a fuller explanation, adding that the mishandling of the result sheets was not enough reason for postponement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe election was a shame. It showed the shoddy arrangement made by INEC, despite the huge resources voted for the exercise. INEC has failed Nigerians and it should avoid committing the same error on Monday.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

CPC warned Jega to beware, saying many Nigerians, who had lost hope in the ballot box, decided to have a re-think because of his credibility and integrity.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are of the view that, if the election holds on Monday, it will be rigged for PDP\u201d it said.<\/span><\/p>\n

ANPP National chairman Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu said the combination of the National Assembly and Presidential elections would minimise cost for INEC and parties.<\/span><\/p>\n

He praised INEC for postponing the elections adding that the lapses witnessed yesterday could affect the integrity of the election and the commission.<\/span><\/p>\n

Onu urged Nigerians not to relent in their determination to ensure that credible people are elected into office, stressing that only credible people would ensure adequate social amenities in the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

CNPP, in a statement by its The National Publicity Secretary Mr. Osita Okechukwu said the polls shift was unwarranted.<\/span><\/p>\n

The CNPP said: \u201cThe postponement is an unwarranted false start and has levied unwarranted huge cost to the Nigerian people. It is highly regrettable and unpardonable in spite of the apology tendered by Prof. Jega.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cQuestions! Questions! Questions! Why is it that Professor Jega and his team failed to postpone the election on Thursday or Friday when they noticed that the vendor had failed to deliver on schedule or knew that the \u00a0materials would not be on the ground as scheduled?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhy fail to save Nigerians the huge cost \u2013 of resources, energy, time, especially the opposition political parties?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe CNPP had severally queried the failure of INEC to adopt an open and transparent process template in the award of the contracts, instead INEC accepted names submitted from the Presidency. If the award of the contract of the materials which led to this faux pas was open and transparent, the situation could have been different.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cProf Jega should sit up and save the Nigerian democracy which had been thoroughly discredited by misgovernace of the last 10 years; the nation should not be shut down on Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cConsequently, the April 4 National Assembly elections is unfavourable, untenable and will only confer undue advantage on the ruling party; therefore, the National Assembly elections should hold on April 9 together with the Presidential election or postponed to April 23 as the last election.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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