Monday, 23 March 2015

Respect independence of INEC –Saraki cautions politicians

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The Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State, Senator Abubakar Bu­kola Saraki has said the sanctity of office of the Chairman of the Inde­pendent National Elec­toral Commission and the independence of the electoral body must be respected by the political class.
Senator Saraki, who was speaking in an inter­view on the sideline of the APC campaign in Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State said any­thing short of that would put the conduct of cred­ible elections in jeopardy.
The former governor of Kwara State, in reaction to the allegation that the INEC chair, Prof. Attahiru Jega would be compelled to proceed on leave, said politicians as players in the electoral process must allow INEC as an umpire to discharge its respon­sibility without interfer­ence, fear or favour.
Meanwhile, the Kwara State Governor and APC governorship candidate, Dr. Abdulfatah Ahmed has promised that if re-elected, his administra­tion would upscale the provision of infrastructure and human capital devel­opment in all parts of the state.
Governor Ahmed gave this assurance in the course of the APC cam­paign in Baruten Local Government Area of the state, stressing that all on-going projects in the area would be completed.
Dr. Ahmed, who appre­ciated the massive turnout at the campaign, said his administration had in the last four years ensured rural development, pro­moted youth employment through various entre­preneurship development initiatives as well as small and medium enterprises development financing.

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