By Temidayo Akinsuyi

Professor Itse Sagay SAN, Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), has condemned the reports recently released by the European Union (EU), National Democratic Institute (NDI) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) which said that the 2019 general elections were marred by irregularities such as intimidation of voters and electoral officials, vote-buying, and election-related violence.

Speaking in a chat with INDEPENDENT, Sagay said the observer groups were meddling in what is not their business while Nigerians, especially the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) failed to condemn their actions.

“You see the way European Union and National Democratic Institute and all these American and British people came and lectured us about how we should organise our elections in a very, very insulting and condescending way and everybody was laughing it up”.

“Nobody could see that these people are putting their fingers in what doesn’t concern them and were insulting us. What they did was teaching us about our elections in such an arrogant, stupid manner and we all swallowed it,” he said.
https://www.independent.ng/eu-ndi-iri-interfering-in-what-is-none-of-their-business-sagay/

Goal shifting..

Why inviting them in the first place?

Hmm!

Keep shouting what doese not concern them until you finish distroying the remains of Nigeria by whipping this country out of world map.


That you're enjoying today when 90% Nigerians are suffering is never a reason for you not to speak the truth.

Jarkbet55:
Sure odd

Your father

Sagay you are a fool and you know it.

Atiku is coming on Naijabnl.com

Sagay should be taking to psychiatrist

“Nobody could see that these people are putting their fingers in what doesn’t concern them and were insulting us. What they did was teaching us about our elections in such an arrogant, stupid manner and we all swallowed it,” he said.

Look what a supposed professor is saying. Smh

Just look at what this man is saying........ Was it not INEC dat invited them

This man wrote the finest book on contract law for undergrads but he's been uncomfortably garrulous lately.

He's the head of PACAC so he can't be speaking in his official capacity because this isn't a topic that falls within the ambit of their authority.

Moreover, it's standard practice for the 1st world countries to send electoral watch delegates to monitor elections in country that are incapable of taking care of simple issues (like Nigeria ).
What's more, the observers told the truth!

So why's he braying?

The simple fact is that elections can only be free and fair in Nigeria if Nigerians want them to be free and fair.

The problem is, our economy is too dependent on government patronage to survive...worsened by the fact that Nigerians don't realise that resources are limited....so whoever holds the reins of government holds the means to dole out cash

Most of the people complaining against Buhari winning on the grounds of rigging (and for that matter, those who complained against PDP victories in the past) are doing so because they are angry at losing out of the distribution of goodies. Witness people saying, for example that Igbos have lost out by not voting Buhari. The truth is, what such people mean is that their own side has lost out on a chance to get access to scarce resources at the center...which they can distribute to their loyalists.

And that's why I don't support restrcturing at all. It is just painiting up a dirty house without cleaning it.

The only way forward is to sort out the econonmy by removing subsides and attracting foreign investors , especially in our power and peroleum sector. That way, in theory...people would vote for the government that keeps things running well enough for them...because if they don't...the investment dries up, and the jobs dry up. It is because of our so called welfare system based on a limted resources pot that is driving all the tribal based fights over who owns oil or whatever.

MODIFIED

To clarify, the less dependent people of a coutry are on government patronage for survival, the more successful the democracy would be. A good thing about capitalism is that investment drives development, and leaves the government as a facilitator of development, as well as reaping enough revenue to sustain some welfare policies.

Unfortunately in Nigeria, we run a 'share the money' government. Based on an oil output of 2.5m barrels per day that isn't enough for 200m people. Cutting subsides, and allowing foreign investment may leave the government with enough savings for things like educaiton , health....and reduce the tribal based figithing over who gets how much.

This bet 9ja guy self

All Nigerians care less about their interference. Nigerians massively voted for Buhari and Osinbajo.

Ori yin o pe sir!

Stupppid man... you'd rather they lie. How i hate this Crazy man..

This underwater man again...!

This is what Cultism has reduced the once celebrated erudite Law professor to. Buhari bitch.

Itse Sagay is ALREADY Senile.

Everybody supporting this government,even so called learned ones,SANS and all have turned into sophisticated zombs and morons.
A great attribute it is to be brainless the moment you are a supporter of this leprous APC.

Clown

kemicalreaction:
Your father

Lol. Him don scam you b4 ni??

As if the EU knows him

Is good to say anything to please your master, he is a loyal servant.
But Nigerians know that even before the report.

But they were cleared to monitor the elections. They didn't force themselves