PDP Rejects Amina Zakari's Appointment as INEC Chairman
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President Muhammadu Buhari had, on Tuesday, rejected the choice of outgoing INEC boss’ Professor Attahiru Jega’s for his replacement, Ambassador Mohammad Wali.
Attahiru Jega, who took over from Professor Maurice Iwu, completed his five-year tenure on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 having assumed office on June 8, 2010 during the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
President Buhari’s rejection order came barely hours after the Prof Jega announced that he is officially handing over to Ambassador Wali, the commission’s National Commissioner.
In a letter conveyed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, Buhari appointed Amina Bala Zakari as Acting Chair of INEC.
But addressing Journalists in Abuja yesterday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh stressed that with her appointment, the public no longer have confidence and trust in INEC, alleging that she was made the acting INEC Chairman because of her very strong relationship with the presidency and a governor from the North West who influenced the position for her.
According to Metuh, “The PDP is particularly disturbed by the development in INEC where President Buhari, who knew all along that the immediate-past INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega would be leaving office by June 30, had to wait for him to handover to one of the national commissioners only to reverse it immediately, thereby injecting bad blood in the commission.
“The situation in INEC since the PDP government reformed and granted it operational autonomy has been peaceful, but Tuesday’s untidy overruling of Prof. Jega and appointing of Mrs. Amina Zakari as acting chairman which, we gathered was influenced by personal relationship with the Presidency and one of the new governors of the North West, ostensibly to pave the way for the APC at the electoral tribunals, has completely eroded public trust in the commission.
“Whereas the PDP recognizes the right and powers of the President to appoint the Chairman of INEC and the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), we reject attempts as in the case of the AGF to paint the process as transparent and objective when such was not the case, but brought to question the sincerity and commitment of the present administration to due process.
” In INEC, the PDP states in unequivocal terms that we cannot, as critical stakeholders fold our hands and watch while the Presidency perpetuate actions that diminish the independence of the electoral commission.
“The PDP has declared the appointment of Mrs. Amina Zakari as unacceptable and demand that President Buhari changes her immediately.
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Wednesday rejected in
totality the appointment of Hajia Amina Bala Zakari as acting Chairman
of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC by President
Muhammadu Buhari, alleging that the presidency plans to use her
appointment to compromise the Election Tribunals in favour of the All
Progressives Congress, APC.
President Muhammadu Buhari had, on Tuesday, rejected the choice of outgoing INEC boss’ Professor Attahiru Jega’s for his replacement, Ambassador Mohammad Wali.
Attahiru Jega, who took over from Professor Maurice Iwu, completed his five-year tenure on Tuesday, June 30, 2015 having assumed office on June 8, 2010 during the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration.
President Buhari’s rejection order came barely hours after the Prof Jega announced that he is officially handing over to Ambassador Wali, the commission’s National Commissioner.
In a letter conveyed by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Danladi Kifasi, Buhari appointed Amina Bala Zakari as Acting Chair of INEC.
But addressing Journalists in Abuja yesterday, PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh stressed that with her appointment, the public no longer have confidence and trust in INEC, alleging that she was made the acting INEC Chairman because of her very strong relationship with the presidency and a governor from the North West who influenced the position for her.
According to Metuh, “The PDP is particularly disturbed by the development in INEC where President Buhari, who knew all along that the immediate-past INEC Chairman, Prof Attahiru Jega would be leaving office by June 30, had to wait for him to handover to one of the national commissioners only to reverse it immediately, thereby injecting bad blood in the commission.
“The situation in INEC since the PDP government reformed and granted it operational autonomy has been peaceful, but Tuesday’s untidy overruling of Prof. Jega and appointing of Mrs. Amina Zakari as acting chairman which, we gathered was influenced by personal relationship with the Presidency and one of the new governors of the North West, ostensibly to pave the way for the APC at the electoral tribunals, has completely eroded public trust in the commission.
“Whereas the PDP recognizes the right and powers of the President to appoint the Chairman of INEC and the Accountant General of the Federation (AGF), we reject attempts as in the case of the AGF to paint the process as transparent and objective when such was not the case, but brought to question the sincerity and commitment of the present administration to due process.
” In INEC, the PDP states in unequivocal terms that we cannot, as critical stakeholders fold our hands and watch while the Presidency perpetuate actions that diminish the independence of the electoral commission.
“The PDP has declared the appointment of Mrs. Amina Zakari as unacceptable and demand that President Buhari changes her immediately.
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