Jega
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Professor Attahiru Jega has assured that the commission will continue to make use of the smart card readers when conducting elections in the country.
Jega, who stated this in Lagos yesterday while being hosted to an evening with 100 young professionals, said there was no doubt that the introduction of the smart card reader technology into Nigeria electoral process contributed greatly to the success of the 2015 general elections.
Explaining his conviction about the card reader which he upheld as a potent tool in the war against electoral malpractices, the INEC boss insisted that the card readers had come to stay as the commission had no reason whatsoever to discontinue its use for elections in the country.
He also admitted that there is need for the electoral body to examine areas of improving the effective deployment of the technology as it strives to retain its use.
Jega also urged young professionals in Nigeria to give the nation their best whenever and wherever they have the opportunity of contributing to the growth and development of the country, regardless of the current uncertainties pervading the country.
The INEC chairman was at the event honoured as a Champion of our Collective Aspiration for Free, Fair and Violent-free Elections, even as he fielded questions from a select pool of leading young professionals from various occupational sectors and socio-economic backgrounds.
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