ENUGU – FORMER Governor of Delta State, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, Tuesday urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sign the Electoral Bill into law to improve nation’s electoral process and address the anomalies witnessed during the just concluded general elections.Uduaghan who also spook as the guest lecturer at the inaugural of Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan Annual Public Lecture of the Professor B.I.C .
“The role of INEC is central to everything concerning electoral politics. Is INEC truly independent and capable; not just in Abuja but across the various states, local governments and wards? If I am being fair, I would say that INEC standard has not been kept across the states, local governments and wards. I call on INEC to closely reset its team on the ground.
“With a more informed electorate, the rising culture of solicitation and vote buying would not have been prevalent as we find today during elections. The argument that voters sell their votes because of hunger does not hold water. Eventually how much does each get? Pittance. Speaking earlier, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Prof. Benjamin Ozumba noted that the topic of the lecture was germane since the nation was still emerging from the recently conducted general elections.