Attahiru Jega, former Chairman of
the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has disclosed that the
immediate past government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan attempted to
interfere with the 2015 elections.
Jega claimed that Jonathan’s
government tried to “interfere with the decision of INEC to use electronic card
readers”.
In an interview with Jamie Hitchen,
a policy researcher at Africa Research Institute, Jega said the attempt was
resisted by the body.
Jega, however, commended the
former President, saying he meant well for “our democracy”.
According to the former INEC
boss, Jonathan granted all the financial requests of INEC.
He said, “The administration of
Goodluck Jonathan, president from 2010 to 2015, never gave any reason to
suspect that there was a deliberate and wilful attempt to emasculate the
funding of INEC.
“For this they should be
applauded. No situation arose where we had to go cap-in-hand to the executive
looking for funding and I must add that when supplementary funding was needed,
it was nearly always forthcoming.
“For most of the time during our
tenure, President Jonathan tried not to personally interfere with the
Commission’s work.
“Only in the run-up to the 2015
election did his government and ruling political party seek to interfere with
the decision of INEC to use electronic card readers.
“We were able to remind them that
they had supported the idea and funded it. Overall I think that President
Jonathan meant well for democracy in our country, a view strengthened by the
gracious way he conceded electoral defeat in 2015.”
He said the experiences of the
Anambra election of 2013 and Osun, Ekiti in 2014, helped the commission to
prepare well for the 2015 general election.
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