TMG, CISLAC to INEC: Shun calls for cancellation of Kano Guber polls
Musa Abdulkadir, Kano
KANO, Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and the Kano State Civil Society Elections Situation Room, on Saturday in Kano called on members of the general public to disregard in totality a faceless group, calling for the cancelation of the recently concluded governorship election in Kano State.
A press statement, jointly signed by Chairman, Transition Monitoring Group, Ambassador Ibrahim Waiya and Auwal Ibrahim Musa (Rafsanjani), described the call as an attempt by some faceless group, with unscrupulous intentions to mock the integrity of credible civil society organizations that have been working hard over the years to ensure the credibility and integrity of the electoral process in Nigeria.
“We call on the public to disregard in totality these wild reports making the rounds and using the names of credible organizations and called for the cancelation of the governorship election in Kano State.
” Strengthened collaboration with the security agencies in Nigeria is critical towards ensuring electoral security in Nigeria. As part of post mortem activities of the 2023 general elections,
The commission must begin to prioritize collaboration with security agencies to protect voters from political thugs in future elections.
We call for prosecutions of all those who perpetrated electoral violence in the 2023 elections, not just in Kano but in all the flashpoints across the country.
As we call on the international community to sanction these offenders, Nigeria must be seen to take actions to ensure justice.
” Very importantly also, we have seen how overburdened INEC can be and call on the incoming 10th National Assembly to prioritize legislation to establish the electoral offenders tribunal/commission which will take away the burden from INEC and ensure adequate and timely prosecution of electoral offenders in Nigeria.
” It is also critical for the political parties to reposition the party system with the aim of improving internal democracy in their operations.
A huge part of the problems of the 2023 elections stem from the lack of internal democracy in the major political parties in Nigeria
As a machinery that brings about leadership in Nigeria, political parties must ensure democratic tenets in their internal operations or may never be able to uphold democracy in Nigeria.
Amb. Ibrahim Waiya,
Convener,
Kano Civil Society Elections Situation Room
