NOW READ THE FOLLOWING NEWS REPORT OF TODAY ON REUTERS:

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Nigeria’s non-vote: Incompetence or sabotage?

According to the shame-faced head of Nigeria’s electoral commission, one of the excuses given by suppliers who failed to get ballot papers to the country in time for Saturday’s parliamentary ballot was that there had been problems as a result of the tsunami in Japan.

Contractors in Nigeria tend to be pretty adept with their excuses, whether it’s about a failure to fix the plumbing or to build a highway on time, but this one stands out for its audacity.

Whatever the reason for the two-day delay to the vote, it has inevitably put another question mark over the credibility of a series of elections seen as a chance for a break from a history of ballots where fraud and thuggery have been the order of the day.

http://blogs.reuters.com/africanews/2011/04/02/nigeria%E2%80%99s-non-vote-incompetence-or-sabotage/

THIS IS YOUR BREATH OF FRESH AIR?
OR BREATH OF INCOMPETENCE?

Q: Nigeria’s non-vote: Incompetence or sabotage?

A: Both!


Lol @ GEJ's administration blaming Japan

GEJ should have blamed Ghadaffi

ekt_bear:

Q: Nigeria’s non-vote: Incompetence or sabotage?

A: Both!


Lol @ GEJ's administration blaming Japan

You're telling lies:

According to the shame-faced head of Nigeria’s electoral commission, one of the excuses given by suppliers who failed to get ballot papers to the country in time for Saturday’s parliamentary ballot was that there had been problems as a result of the tsunami in Japan.

When did the Nigeria’s electoral commission become GEJ's administration? Don't make yourselves seem little with such trash.

Who appointed the head of Nigeria’s electoral commission

@Beaf,

it is on your uncles watch, so ultimately he must take responsibility for this mess.

A real shame, that after 50yrs we still need outsiders to tell us when we get things dreadfully wrong. Why cant we live by the simple principle of telling ourselves the home truth.

To be honest, i have nothing personally against Jega, but he has shown that the Job is far bigger than him. The signs were on the wall, with the delta re-run farce

monkeyleg:

@Beaf,

it is on your uncles watch, so ultimately he must take responsibility for this mess.

A real shame, that after 50yrs we still need outsiders to tell us when we get things dreadfully wrong. Why cant we live by the simple principle of telling ourselves the home truth.

To be honest, i have nothing personally against Jega, but he has shown that the Job is far bigger than him. The signs were on the wall, with the delta re-run farce

THANK YOU FOR HELPING HIM.

[img]http://cientifica.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/dunce.png[/img]

Beaf:

You're telling lies:

When did the Nigeria’s electoral commission become GEJ's administration? Don't make yourselves seem little with such trash.

NOT SO FAST.
REMEMBER THAT THE UNIQUE SELLING POINT (USP) OF GEJ ADMINISTRATION IS THE APPOINTMENT OF JEGA WHO HE CLAIMS HE DIDNT KNOW FROM ADAM. SO IF JEGA FLOPS ANY DAY LIKE 2DAY, GEJ SHOULD BEAR THE SHIT

As if what happened to japan is not enough. They are blaming them for their incompetence. Chei, Japan don suffer.

I thought basically, INEC was supposed to be an INDEPENDENT body funded by the government and guided by certain constitution. How come this setback is blamed on the administration of one of the candidates?

ekt_bear:

[img]http://cientifica.eu/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/dunce.png[/img]

Who are you calling a dunce?

^-- I'm calling YOU a dunce.

Dav.e:

I thought basically, INEC was supposed to be an INDEPENDENT body funded by the government and guided by certain constitution. How come this setback is blamed on the administration of one of the candidates?

Who chose the head of INEC? Moreover, why did GEJ take responsibility for the quality of the elections to both to Nigerians and the world as a whole, if he is not ultimately responsible?

Smh @ the lack of accountability of some of you folks. No wonder naija is slow to progress, and is an international laughingstock

GEJ promised us fair elections, He appointed Jega and yet some folks feel he shouldnt be held responsible

ekt_bear:

^-- I'm calling YOU a dunce.

Mr. Americana, you will be in for a rude awakening when you finally live in Naija.

I'm surprised they blamed the tsunami instead, the usual thing is heaping the blame on the CPC

kai!!! lol

EzeUche:

Mr. Americana, you will be in for a rude awakening when you finally live in Naija.

Thanks for your unsolicited warnings. Much appreciated. . . but I think I got this covered.

I in INEC stands for Independent. It should be Independent even in the mistakes.

A breath of Stale Air indeed

Kobojunkie:



kai!!! lol

Wahala dey o! So this na the result of GEJA/PDP electoral reform. This is incompetence at its peak.

I beg una, whatever you do, just make sure you dont vote for PDP.

Kobojunkie:



kai!!! lol

Tsunami!!! SMH  
Nigeria we hail thee.

A breath of fresh air is looking more like a breath of tsunami induced, polluted air!
May God save us all.

blaming the same japan that fixed earthquake damaged roads in 6 days? lol

and by the way the earthquake and tsunami happened a while ago, anyone with a brain who was doing business in japan would have immediately made alternate arrangements or at the very least announced like 2 weeks ago that there might be a problem.

That is what you get when you reward id.iot/s with your vote.

PDP is only efficient at killing opponents and arresting opposition leaders. Common Election paper they can't produce on time SMH << -- very very embarrassing!

Now they want to throw traumatized Japanese people under the bus

Teslim is still free

Akpabio is still running mad all over Akwa Ibom.

The party of Bode George and Alamieseghya <--- convicted criminals, kirikiri graduates  

If you like, file out on Monday and vote criminals again, the Joke is on you!!

Is Mr President back from His village where He went to cast his vote ? Has he actually cast his vote ?.the late arrival of electorial materials affect his village ?. WELL GLORY BE TO GOD.

I just pray INEC gets it right when the election finally holds. Logistics is and will always be a problem for Inec except something crucial is done. I still have not lost confidence in the whole process though. God help us.

Since inec is independent i wil rather blame jega alone, he seems very incompetent, nd nw i just hope p.d.p wunt b taking advantage of d 2 days, anyway nigerians vote wisely dis time,

I believe Prof Attahiru Jega meant well but is a victim of internal sabotage comeing from moles planted within INEC to frustrate him since he could not play ball with these vested interests.
All the same,i still think the man did what is right by arresting and postponing a failing process.Think about it guys,this 'election' could have gone ahead inspite of lack of materials in most states and election results will still be collated and announced on Monday that we now have new set of federal legislators ! GOD FORBID ! May we never go back to those WURU-WURU days !

Names of people were not on the register. Wrong materials were sent out e.g materials ment for governorship elections were sent out for National Assembly election. Who r d ppl responsible for suppling dis materials? Who are d ppl incharge of logistics in INEC? Jega need to tell us everything he knws before he resigns. We will not accept dis unless they wnt to d kind of change dat is taking place in other parts of d world.

jegaiwulicious

In as much as this is a shame, I think it is better to postpone than to allow the election carry on into the night which would have allowed massive rigging.