Stop blaming INEC, watch politicians - Former INEC National Commissioner tells Nigerians

Former National Commissioner for Information and Voter Education, Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Festus Okoye has urged Nigerians to absorption their blasted connected politicians.

Okoye said this connected Tuesday during an interrogation connected Channels Television's 'The Morning Brief'.

According to him, the electoral process relies chiefly connected section volunteers and not INEC unit to guarantee credibility and transparency.

"Nigerians should not blasted INEC but the politicians. So asking what is important, what is crucial, what is cardinal is for the state to support connected improving and besides support connected deploying exertion successful our electoral process.

"But much importantly, I deliberation the media, civilian nine groups, and organizations, and the Nigerian radical mostly indispensable absorption attraction connected the activities of the governmental elite before, during, and aft the election.

"And I accidental this due to the fact that we are talking astir INEC arsenic an organization. But the information of the substance is that astatine the level of the polling unit, you volition not spot an INEC officially paid staff.

"Those you are going to spot astatine the level of the polling portion are Nigerians and corps members serving arsenic Presiding Officers and besides serving arsenic Assistant Presiding Officers. These are the radical who bash the effect upload," helium said.

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