2019 General Elections Eroded Past Electoral Gains – Jega
October 24, 2019
1:06 am
Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, yesterday said that the 2019 general elections were a setback to the “positive gains the country had recorded in its electoral process.”
He made the submission while delivering a keynote address titled, “Electoral process in Nigeria: Safeguarding the people’s will for democracy to thrive” at a conference organised by the management of Tell magazine to mark 20 years of democracy in Nigeria.
Agreeing that there had been ‘incremental positive changes’ to the country’s electoral system since 2011, Jega, however, pleaded that all hands must be on deck to …
