Soyinka Gives INEC Pass Mark
Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has joined the list of notable Nigerians assessing the elections conducted so far by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
Soyinka spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Nigeria 2015′ live from his Abeokuta residence.
He said, “I think I agree with the generality of people that its been slightly above average success. The organisation is not fully to blame for the lapses because in certain states people have just refused to learn to behave democratically.”
He refereed to the election as “one of the best we have had so far”.
He pointed out the issue of missing result sheets at polling units as one that must not be condoned by INEC as according to him, it is disrespectful to citizens who have “queued up in the rain printing their fingers”.
He frowned at a situation where voters queue all day, in the rain and under the sun, to get accredited and vote, only for some people to sit down somewhere and complete the result sheets in their favour.
“They are telling us we are stupid for queuing up.“NEC has the responsibility to cancel the result from any polling boot where the documentation is incomplete,” he added.
He commended the peace accord signed by the main presidential candidates, saying it was a an excellent example. He also gave a pass mark to INEC in the conduct of the 2015 elections.
He however took a swipe at the players in the other levels of leadership where they have made a mess of the peace accord and to whom the pact reached by the President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari, are mere piece of paper.
Meanwhile, the INEC headquarters in Lagos state has dispelled the rumours going round in some parts of the state that the commission will postpone elections by one day.
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