Former Governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has explained why he did not join in the recent protest against the National Assembly alongside former Labour Party presidential candidate, Mr Peter Obi.
El-Rufai suggested that he would have joined the protest if
he had been in Nigeria.
This is even as he stressed that the push for real-time
electronic transmission of election results is critical to stopping electoral
manipulation.
El-Rufai made the remark during an interview on Trust TV,
where he criticised the Senate’s handling of the proposed electoral reforms and
suggested political interests were behind the delay.
“It’s unfortunate I have not been able to return to Nigeria,
I would have joined Mr. Peter Obi and other party leaders in protesting to the
National Assembly to restore the real-time and mandatory transmission of
results from the polling unit,” he said.
According to reports, El-Rufai argued that the adoption of
real-time transmission would make election rigging far more difficult, while
accusing the ruling party of resisting the reform for political survival.
The former governor maintained that the House of
Representatives had already supported the reform push, but the Senate was yet
to align with the move.
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