{"id":773760,"date":"2019-12-30T15:21:52","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T15:21:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/30\/if-appointed-inec-chairman-i-wont-take-a-kobo-from-fg-to-conduct-elections-galadima\/"},"modified":"2019-12-30T15:21:52","modified_gmt":"2019-12-30T15:21:52","slug":"if-appointed-inec-chairman-i-wont-take-a-kobo-from-fg-to-conduct-elections-galadima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/30\/if-appointed-inec-chairman-i-wont-take-a-kobo-from-fg-to-conduct-elections-galadima\/","title":{"rendered":"If Appointed INEC Chairman, I Won&#8217;t Take A Kobo From FG To Conduct Elections: Galadima"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure id=\"attachment_720041\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-720041\" style=\"width: 628px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-720041\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Buba-Galadima.jpg\" alt=\"Buba Galadima\" width=\"628\" height=\"488\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-720041\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buba Galadima<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari says he wouldn\u2019t take a kobo from the federal government to conduct elections, if appointed chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/p>\n<p>The elder statesman said this during an interview with Daily Independent, adding that he would get funding from donor agencies.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to accuse President Buhari, of conspiring with security agencies, INEC and the judiciary to enforce his victory in the February presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am losing hope whether, in my life, I will ever see a free and fair election in this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:\u00a0Nigerians Would Have Been Seriously Jubilating Had Atiku Won \u2014 Galadima<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t need government to fund INEC at all because we can request donor agencies that will bring materials and pay election officials so that we can have an independent election.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they can\u2019t do that, let them appoint me chairman of INEC, I will get funding for INEC. I don\u2019t need one kobo from the federal government of Nigeria. We don\u2019t need any security person; either police or military to look after our elections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On what Nigerians can do to ensure good governance and justice, Galadima said: \u201cWe are being ruled by a group of people who do not know their left from their right. They are so clueless have no agenda or blueprint for the progress and development of Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we can do is very simple. Let\u2019s cry out to the outside world. There is nobody that this government fears on earth like the white man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buba Galadima Buba Galadima, a former ally of President Muhammadu Buhari says he wouldn\u2019t take a kobo from the federal government to conduct elections, if appointed chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). 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