The National Coordinator, Voter Education and Awareness of the All Pepole's Congress (APC) Engr. Kailani Muhammad has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) to adopt strategies through which the challenges encountered during the Presidential and National Assembly elections could be corrected in the subsequent exercise to boost the confidence of Nigerians for democratic growth and development of the country.
Kailani gave the advice in an interview with newsmen shortly after casting his vote at Rigasa ward, Igabi local government area of Kaduna State, Nigeria.
While commending INEC for its dogged effort toward ensuring a hitch free exercise, identified some of the challenges to include; late arrival of election materials, malfunctioning of Bimodal Voter accreditation system (BVAS), as well as lack of sensitive materials in some polling units.
He applauded the electorate for exercising their franchise even in the midst of economic and other challenges, noting that, the exercise had ultimately provided them the opportunity to choose leaders of their choice in a very peaceful manner for the betterment of the country.
In the same vein, Dr. Yusuf Arrigasiyyu, an eligible voter at Rigasa ward decried changing of polling units shortly before election by the independent national electoral commission, INEC, saying that was bad, and could disenfranchise many Nigerians.
He regretted that, eligible voters such as the aged, pregnant women and people with disabilities were affected adversely, as locating their new polling units was difficult due to their condition.
Dr. Arigasiyu encouraged the electoral umpire to look into ways of correcting some of the afforementioned challenges to avert future re-occurrence.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)
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