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Nigeria: Electoral Commission, Attahiru Jega, vows credible elections
Jega acknowledged the security challenges, but added that the electoral commission is working closely with security agencies to protect voters.
He said INEC is prepared to administer the elections in every part of the country.
“We as an election management body have been working very closely with the security agencies to understand and analyze the situation and to be able to rely on their advice as to what level of security arrangements are necessary to be able to conduct credible elections in those areas,” said Jega. “We are hopeful and we are also prayerful that we would be able to conduct elections everywhere in Nigeria.”
Jega also revealed that the electoral commission encourages both local and international observers to monitor the elections.
“We have benefited from the reports of international observers, those who observed the 2011 elections and gave us their reports. A lot of the reform measures we introduced to improve the process were drawn from the reports that we got from independent observers,” said Jega.
Source: VOA News
