The chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that one of the sacrifices the commission had to make during the last general elections was the untimely death of Kano State REC, Alhaji Munkaila Abdullahi.
Jega who stated this in Uyo yesterday, during the post-2015 general election assessment retreat for resident electoral commissioners on the theme, “2015 General Elections: Lessons and Way Forward,” however said that he was happy about the successful conduct of the 2015 general elections, adding that there will be improvement in future elections.
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He stated that it was the sacrifice, hard work and tireless efforts by the resident electoral commissioners that resulted in the outcomes Nigerians had.
The INEC chairman stated that the retreat offered them the opportunity to review what they had done from 2011 to 2015 and to focus attention on areas in which the commission needs improvement.
He noted that the retreat was an important feedback they needed to give to the next commission and to those who will remain in INEC with a view to contributing to refurbishing electoral processes and deepening Nigeria’s democracy.
“I congratulate all electoral commissioners for a job well done and for contributing to the success of the conduct of the 2015 general elections.
“We had worked very hard and tirelessly; we have had to make enormous sacrifices in order to get the outcome that we had. And one of those sacrifices was the untimely death of one of us, the electoral commissioner of Kano State, Alhaji Munkaila Abdullahi.”
(Punch)
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