The chairman of the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC), Prof Attahiru Jega, has declared that
he would not serve another term as chairman of the
electoral body when his first tenure expires in June, even if
he is asked to do so by the new government.
Speaking in an interview with the Hausa Service of the
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Hausa) which was
monitored in Abuja, Jega said having played his role in the
political space for five years, it was time for another person
to be given the chance to contribute his own quota.
In the words of Jega: “I am grateful to God. I was asked to
come and contribute my own quota to the national
development and I have done my bit to the best of my
ability.
“Whatever assignment one will do for five years – just like
this difficult one, to me if one is able to successfully
accomplish the task, someone else should be given the
opportunity, because for me I am not interested and if I am
requested to serve again, I will not do it, by God’s grace.”
He noted that the introduction of the card reader device in
the 2015 general elections had significantly helped to make
the presidential election transparent, adding that there were
few challenges that would be looked into in the forthcoming
governorship/state assembly elections, including late
coming attitude of electoral officials to polling centres.
Commenting on the allegations of bias against him by PDP
chieftain, Mr Godsday Orubebe, at the National Collation
Centre in Abuja on Tuesday, Jega said he was unperturbed
because he knew he had nothing to hide.
“I maintained my calmness because I knew all the
allegations were false. There is nothing that frightens me or
disturbs me because, of all our actions, we have
explanations for them,” he added.
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