LAGOS — Former INEC chairman, Attahiru Jega has warned against the nomination of Lauretta Onochie as INEC national commissioner as it might undermine the credibility of the electoral body.
Jega admitted this while speaking at Channels TV politics Today on Sunday.
According to him, there’s need for the president to tread cautiously and avoid the controversy that her appointment can trigger.
He urged Buhari to simply withdraw her and nominated someone with unquestionable credibility.
“To be honest, the president can just withdraw her nomination. After all, there are so many other women with credibility, capacity, and competence in Delta state and Cross River state.
“This kind of controversy is really avoidable. Any person who generated such a controversy, the appointing authorities should be careful because you don’t want to appoint anybody that can raise suspicions or doubts or can lead to a loss of trust of the electoral management body.
“I’m sorry to say that from some of the documents that I have been privileged to see, both about her British citizenship and the very active participation in a political party up until 2019, you will try to avoid appointing such people into an electoral commission — because it can generate controversy.
To be honest, the president can also withdraw that nomination. After all, there are so many women with credibility, with capacity, competence in both Delta and across Rivers, so why bring someone that can generate controversy and raise suspicions about the intention of the appointment,” he said.
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