Daily Trust
7 May 2011
The polls have come and gone, with all manner of controversy surrounding the process. Professor Attahiru Jega, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, opened up candidly in an exclusive interview with Weekly Trust, choked with revelations. Herewith, are excerpts:
Weekly Trust: The 2011 elections have been quite eventful. A lot of things happened, which no one really expected. Looking back now, with the benefit of hindsight, what would you have done differently?
Weekly Trust: The 2011 elections have been quite eventful. A lot of things happened, which no one really expected. Looking back now, with the benefit of hindsight, what would you have done differently?
Prof. Attahiru Jega: We thank God that the 2011 elections have come and gone, we did our best under difficult circumstances to have free, fair and credible elections. We knew it would not be a perfect election but we gave it our best to ensure there was substantial remarkable improvement over previous elections and we are gratified that all observers both domestic and international have acknowledged that the elections of 2011 are a watershed and represents a substantial improvement over previous elections. True, the elections were not perfect, there were quite a number of areas where we would require substantive additional improvement. Frankly, I don’t think there is anything I would have done differently but I have learnt sufficient lessons from the 2011 election.
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