INEC operations must be decentralised - Lagos SDP governorship candidate

- Following the postponement of the 2019 general elections, Lagos state governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party, Adetokunbo Pearse, says operations of INEC must be decentralised

- Pearse says there is need for the decentralisation of INEC operations for efficiency

- According the governorship candidate, INEC operations are complex and cumbersome

Adetokunbo Pearse, governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP) in Lagos state, has said operations of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) must be decentralised for efficiency.

In his reaction to the postponement of the general elections, Pearse described INEC operations as “complex and cumbersome”, News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Legit.ng gathers that he called for the restructuring of the commission for optimal performance.

Pearse said: “The postponement of election is not the worst of INEC’s failures. Some fundamental changes have to take place.

“INEC operations are too complex and cumbersome. Each state must have a truly democratic and independent election commission.

“INEC, like other organs of government, must be restructured. The commission’s operations must be fully decentralised for successful operations."

According to him, logistics and operational difficulties will continue to impede the success of the nation’s electoral umpire until the needed restructuring is carried out.

He said that everything should not be going through the INEC chairman, rather, every state electoral commission should be fully empowered to carry out the duties of INEC.

Pearse, however, decried a situation whereby State Independent Electoral Commissions were being run by the party in government.

The university don said that in developed world, the state electoral commission would be made up of representatives from the major parties in the state to enhance independence.

He said that each major party would have equal number of representatives on the board of that commission to deepen democracy.

According to him, if such exist in Nigeria, the state electoral commission should be empowered to carry out the responsibilities of INEC in every state.

Pearse said: “A lot of things must be changed simultaneously for us to have positive results."

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that Dr Kechi Ogbuagu, president of Conversations for Change (C4C), an NGO, has urged Nigerians not to be deterred by the postponement of the 2019 general elections, but vote on Saturday, February 23, to avoid voter apathy.

Ogbuagu, who gave the advice on Sunday, February 17, said that the postponement of the Saturday presidential and National Assembly elections was unexpected.

She, however, decried the attitude of some Nigerians who she said usually abstain from voting during election, reminding them that such attitude would not promote democratic growth and the development of the country.

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