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The Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) has congratulated Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN), connected his assignment arsenic president of the Independent National Election Commission (INEC), saying it hoped helium would bring his wealthiness of acquisition to number successful discharging this captious nationalist duty with integrity.
IPAC successful a connection by its nationalist chairman, Dr Yusuf Mamman Dantalle successful Abuja yesterday, said Nigerians expect an autarkic electoral assemblage and electoral betterment that would consolidate, deepen and fortify the antiauthoritarian system.
He said free, fair, credible, transparent and inclusive elections would foster nationalist unity, governmental stableness and prosperity and rebuild spot successful the electoral process and uphold the sanctity of the ballot box.
He said these aligned with the imaginativeness and mandate of IPAC successful deepening our democracy, ensuring an situation conducive to palmy elections, governmental stableness and wide well-being of Nigerians.
“As the umbrella assemblage of each registered governmental parties successful Nigeria, IPAC volition collaborate with the caller enactment of INEC and captious stakeholders to heighten the credibility and integrity of the nation’s electoral process, and fortify antiauthoritarian institutions and governance,” the assemblage said.
IPAC charged Prof Amupitan to discharge his law responsibilities without fearfulness oregon favour and warrant the assurance Nigerians reposed successful him bearing successful caput that the full satellite is watching him.
Similarly, immoderate Civil Society Organisations person asked Amupitan to show motivation courageousness and absorption to governmental interference if confirmed by the Senate.
In a connection jointly signed by Yiaga Africa, Women Rights Advancement Protection Alternative (WRAPA) International Press Center
The Kukah Centre African Centre for Leadership, Strategy & Development (Centre LSD) and 5 others, the CSOs said INEC works amended erstwhile it is insulated from governmental interference.
“We, the undersigned civilian nine organisations moving connected ideology and elections successful Nigeria and crossed Africa, admit the announcement by the Presidency connected the information of Professor Joash Ojo Amupitan (SAN) arsenic Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), pursuing the decision of Professor Mahmood Yakubu’s tenure. This comes aft consultation with the Council of State, which reportedly granted unanimous support to his nomination.
“We must, however, enactment that the Council of State support does not regenerate the work of the Nigerian Senate to behaviour owed diligence done rigorous and transparent screening process that inspires nationalist trust. We reiterate our longstanding telephone for a transparent, inclusive and citizens-centered assignment process that is accordant with the recommendations of cardinal electoral betterment interventions similar the Justice Uwais Report, Ken Nnamani committee report, and the Citizens Memorandum connected Electoral Reforms. We admit Professor Amupitan’s world and nonrecreational accomplishments; therefore, we person nary objection successful rule to his nomination,” they said.
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