It has now been widely reported that INEC Chairman Jega along with his chief of staff and someone representing the Presidency were responsible for the award of contracts for the printing of 375 million ballot papers to be used for the elections.

The companies that got these juicy contracts are

- Tip 3 - a Spanish company represented by a proxy named Hashim Dikko ( is he by any chance related to Umaru Dikko )

- Graphic Inline Gi represented by Sanni Lamido ( no indication of where this company is based )

- Kalamazoo ( a UK based security printing company ) represented by Dick Jackson

- aerovote ( also a UK based printing company ) fronted by a certain Yerima.

- San Frano ( an apparent German-Polish company which is doubtful ) fronted by Sanni Musa

- VI Solutions ( sounds more like an IT outfit ) probably owned by Yahaya Sani.


The questions Chairman Jega must answer are-

- Is N13 billion for375 million ballot papers value for money as this translates to N34 per ballot paper ?

- Do these people : Hashim Dikko, Sanni Lamido, Dick Jackson, Yerima, Sanni Musa and Yahaya Sani have any background in printing logistics and publishing ?

- Is it a coincidence that almost all the above contractors appear to be from the North or is there any explanation why, what happened to the principle of federal character ?

- Why is someone from the Presidency involved in the contract award process if INEC is meant to be independent ?

- Of all the companies involved, Kalamazoo and aerovote appear to be the only transparent companies involved in the business of security printing. If San Frano is indeed a German-Polish company why did they have to go as far as China to a third party to print our election ballot papers leaving the printing process exposed to compromise ?

The country needs answers to these questions.

I wonder why NL software changed the name Richard Jackson to Manliness Jackson.

Why is INEC silent about the company responsible for non supply of ballot papers ?