The Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has called for the immediate scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions (SIECS)
The Inter-Party Advisory Council has called for the immediate scrapping of the State Independent Electoral Commissions , after the Supreme Court restored local government financial autonomy.
IPAC chairman Yusuf Dantalle disclosed this in Abuja, during a press briefing, saying that SIECs have proven to be incompetent and incapable of conducting free, fair, credible, transparent, inclusive, and peaceful elections. Dantalle said: “SIECs do not have voter registers, BVAS, IReV portals, ballot boxes, etc, essential in conducting credible polls. INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu rightly described Local Government elections as the coronation of candidates of the ruling political parties.
“To restore confidence in the electoral process, INEC should be empowered and mandated to conduct all the Local Governments elections in Nigeria. Politics is local, citizens should be encouraged to actively participate in grassroots politics and contribute in building a better society. Nigerians desire and deserve credible elections as sovereignty resides in the people.”
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