Professor Attahiru Jega Formally drops as INEC Chairman

Prof. Jega is out as INEC Chairman.

    Having worked for Nigeria as INEC chairman, and having get a lot of work done in Nigeria as INEC chairman,being the man on sit who conducted one of the peaceful election in Nigeria so far, finally formally drops as being the chairman Independent National Electoral Commission .


   Without prejudice to whatever willful inadequacies of every mortal, Attahiru Jega, a professor and out-going National Chairman of Nigeria’s election management body, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, deserves to be commended. As he exits that office, there is going to be a fierce battle to fill the slot.

And were President Muhammadu Buhari be committed to sustaining the trans-formative underpinning of Jega’s tenure, he would not need to look beyond the suggestions contained in this piece.
More importantly, Mr. President would need to divorce himself of any shade of nepotistic and prebend inclinations in appointing a replacement for Attahiru Jega so that he, too, would keep faith with the need to build on what Attahiru Jega started.