Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has described the
decision by the National Assembly to allow the Independent National Electoral
Commission, INEC, determine the use of electronic voting and transfer of
results as a good development.
The Nigerian Senate on Tuesday reversed its self on the
section 52(2) of the Electoral Amendment bill which empowers INEC to determine
the best mode of transmission of election result.
Reacting to the development, Governor Wike commended the
senators for their action which he said is good for the nations democracy.
In a statement issued by his spokesman, Kelvin Ebiri
Governor Wike said a lot of countries have moved above manual transmission of
result, adding that Nigeria cannot be left behind.
The statement read “I think it is a good news to hear that
the Joint Committee of the House of Representatives and the Senate agreed for
INEC to transmit result electronically. That is a good news to hear. Like I
have always said, what is important now is what do people want. The moment you
do what the people want, you’ll see happiness everywhere.”
“I think it is a good development for Nigeria and democracy.
And I will urge them , the two Chambers, the House of Representatives and the
Senate to abide by that recommendation by the joint committee of the two
Chambers, because it is for their own interest.
” And I commend the Senate President and the Speaker, House
of Representatives, all the principal officers and members who felt that they
must listen to what is good for Nigeria and what is good for Nigerians.”
The governor, however, disagreed with the National Assembly
on the issue of direct or indirect primaries of political parties, arguing that
it should be left for parties to decide.
He said the move by the senators can be likened as
interference into party’s internal affairs.
“A party could adopt a method , procedure in electing who
represent them at various level, that is not the for the National Assembly to
dictate that you must do it by direct or indirect method. That is not
democracy. That should be an internal affair of the party.”
“The National Assembly should realise that doing that is
interfering in the internal politics of the parties and that will not augur
well.”
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