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Why INEC Must Not Use Vcs And Academics as Returning Officers by eddie7(op): 8:09am On Sep 15
MY THOUGHT THIS MORNING

Why The INEC Must Not Use Vice Chancellors And Senior Lecturers As Returning And Collation Officers In The 2027 Election

My Prognosis:

The Tinubu 2023 Place holder Masari and a clique of Northern governors including Uba Sani, Zulum and Dauda Lawal met behind closed doors with over 600 Senior Lecturers led by the Vice Chancellor of the Kaduna State University, at Kaduna in a closed door Meeting (Source: Daily Trust)

Daily Trust further reported that at the end of the Meeting, the Senior academics drawn from various public Universities in the North, endorsed Tinubu for the second term tenure

There is nothing wrong for the academics to hold political meetings with politicians or even to join political parties as registered and card carrying members

It's perfectly within their Constitutional rights as citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

However, against the back drop of the fact that the INEC since the time of Professor Jega has decided to be using the Senior academics including Vice Chancellors of Universities as Returning and Collation Officers in our elections, this Kaduna closed door Meeting becomes particularly worrisome and the intention very highly suspicious.

The politicians out of sheer desperation have shown their hands too early in the day.

It's all the more reason the INEC must not use the University Lecturers or Vice Chancellors as Returning or Collation Officers in the 2027 elections and beyond.

Their integrity, independence and impartiality can no longer be trusted by Nigerian voters; since they have started hobnobing and holding clandestine closed Meetings with the politicians of the ruling party

The academics have descended into the arena of electoral contest and have already taken sides with the ruling party the APC ahead of the election

We can therefore no longer trust them to be impartial in the Collation of election results and declaration of the winners of the election

For the INEC to conduct free, fair, credible and transparent elections, the officers involved must be persons whose integrity and impartiality are beyond reproach.

These Lecturers have demonstrated their partisanship and are not worthy of playing the roles of election officials in the 2027 elections

And as it's said, it's one bad Apple that spoils the whole basket.
What these Northern Lecturers have shown is that we can not trust their colleagues in the other Regions to be different.

Politicians have invaded the academic community in anticipation of using them to advantage in 2027

The people must say No and the INEC must not use Lecturers as electoral officers in 2027.

Yusuf Shehu Usman esq, mni
Abuja
Re: Why INEC Must Not Use Vcs And Academics as Returning Officers by Lithiumite: 8:17am On Sep 15
eddie7:
MY THOUGHT THIS MORNING

Why The INEC Must Not Use Vice Chancellors And Senior Lecturers As Returning And Collation Officers In The 2027 Election

My Prognosis:

The Tinubu 2023 Place holder Masari and a clique of Northern governors including Uba Sani, Zulum and Dauda Lawal met behind closed doors with over 600 Senior Lecturers led by the Vice Chancellor of the Kaduna State University, at Kaduna in a closed door Meeting (Source: Daily Trust)

Daily Trust further reported that at the end of the Meeting, the Senior academics drawn from various public Universities in the North, endorsed Tinubu for the second term tenure

There is nothing wrong for the academics to hold political meetings with politicians or even to join political parties as registered and card carrying members

It's perfectly within their Constitutional rights as citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

However, against the back drop of the fact that the INEC since the time of Professor Jega has decided to be using the Senior academics including Vice Chancellors of Universities as Returning and Collation Officers in our elections, this Kaduna closed door Meeting becomes particularly worrisome and the intention very highly suspicious.

The politicians out of sheer desperation have shown their hands too early in the day.

It's all the more reason the INEC must not use the University Lecturers or Vice Chancellors as Returning or Collation Officers in the 2027 elections and beyond.

Their integrity, independence and impartiality can no longer be trusted by Nigerian voters; since they have started hobnobing and holding clandestine closed Meetings with the politicians of the ruling party

The academics have descended into the arena of electoral contest and have already taken sides with the ruling party the APC ahead of the election

We can therefore no longer trust them to be impartial in the Collation of election results and declaration of the winners of the election

For the INEC to conduct free, fair, credible and transparent elections, the officers involved must be persons whose integrity and impartiality are beyond reproach.

These Lecturers have demonstrated their partisanship and are not worthy of playing the roles of election officials in the 2027 elections

And as it's said, it's one bad Apple that spoils the whole basket.
What these Northern Lecturers have shown is that we can not trust their colleagues in the other Regions to be different.

Politicians have invaded the academic community in anticipation of using them to advantage in 2027

The people must say No and the INEC must not use Lecturers as electoral officers in 2027.

Yusuf Shehu Usman esq, mni
Abuja
Name the VCs you see as partisanwith proof and make it public,we will take it from there.......
Re: Why INEC Must Not Use Vcs And Academics as Returning Officers by eddie7(op): 8:25am On Sep 15
One is already serving a jail term. Others will follow

Professor Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). Is one example

Lithiumite:
Name the VCs you see as partisanwith proof and make it public,we will take it from there.......
Re: Why INEC Must Not Use Vcs And Academics as Returning Officers by Lithiumite: 8:36am On Sep 15
eddie7:
One is already serving a jail term. Others will follow

Professor Ignatius Uduk of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). Is one example
Burden of proof is on you the accuser, but if he was supporting obi you would have been praising him as patriotic.
Re: Why INEC Must Not Use Vcs And Academics as Returning Officers by eddie7(op): 8:47am On Sep 15
So sorry to disappoint you, I'm not an Obedient.
Secondly, if your eyes and senses are actually working, you could have noted that I am not the direct writer of this piece

Lithiumite:
Burden of proof is on you the accuser, but if he was supporting obi you would have been praising him as patriotic.
Re: Why INEC Must Not Use Vcs And Academics as Returning Officers by FSBoperator: 8:57am On Sep 15
INEC should be under the Judiciary .

It should be headed by a retired Federal High Court Judge .

State INEC should be headed by a retired State High Court judge .

Since the Judiciary are the ones to both affirm, uphold and swear in an elected official, it's only wise that INEC by under the Judiciary ...

The NJC should be the ones nominating from retired judges names for Senatorial screening .
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