Abdulsalami, Mark, Tambuwal hail INEC, voters

The Independent National
Electoral Commission has been
given the thumbs up for the
conduct of the Governorship and
House of Assembly elections in the
country on Saturday.
Former Head of State Abdulsalami
Abubakar, governors Sule Lamido
(Jigawa), Umaru Al-Makura
(Nasarawa), Abdul’aziz Yari
(Zamfara), Ibrahim Dankwambo
(Gombe), Aliyu Wamakko (Sokoto),
Ibrahim Gaidam (Yobe) and Rabiu
Kwankwaso (Kano), commended
the electoral body for improving on
its performance in the March 28
Presidential and National Assembly
elections. They also praised voters
for exhibiting good conduct at
polling centres.
Senate President David Mark;
House of Representatives Speaker
Aminu Tambuwal; Minority Senate
Leader George Akume; and Minister
of Special Duties Kabiru Tanimu;
who also hailed the conduct of the
elections, backed the use of the
card readers.
Abdulsalami, who spoke to
reporters at the Hilltop polling unit
in Minna, Niger State, said, “I am
happy to see the entire electoral
process going on smoother and
faster.”
Lamido told the News Agency of
Nigeria after casting his ballot at
Bamaina A polling unit in
Birninkudu Local Government, that
there was an improvement on the
process, especially the card
readers.
Al-Makura, who is the All
Progressives Congress candidate
for the Nasarawa governorship poll,
told NAN after casting his vote in
Lafia that INEC should be
commended over the exercise.
The governor said, “This election is
the best, peaceful and orderly; one
needs to laud INEC for its effort.
“INEC has corrected the mistakes
that occurred in the last election
and this made the accreditation
very smooth.”
Yari said at Rumfar Malam Isah
polling unit in Talata-Mafara that he
received reports that the election
went peacefully in other parts of
the state.
The APC candidate for Zamfara
governorship poll also praised
security for ensuring peace at
polling units.
Gaidam applauded INEC for the
early arrival of electoral materials
at the 17 local governments in
Yobe.
“I have observed that INEC has
improved on the use of the card
readers as accreditation is faster
than experienced during the
Presidential and National Assembly
elections,’’ the governor told NAN
after casting his vote in Bukarti.
Dankwambo, who is the Peoples
Democratic Party’s candidate for
the Gombe governorship poll, said
he was satisfied with the turnout
and the conduct of the election.
Wamakko commended INEC for the
success of the polls and praised the
turnout.
Kwankwaso after casting his vote at
Kwankwaso in Madobi Local
Government, Kano praised voters
for coming out in large numbers to
cast their ballots.
“This is a clear indication that
democracy has come to stay in the
country,” he said.
Mark, after voting in Otukpo, Benue
State, commended the security
agencies for the safety of voters,
electoral materials and personnel.
He, however, expressed regret that
the card readers still posed
challenges to the accreditation
process and called on INEC to
improve on its performance.
“The exercise is peaceful,
transparent and credible so far. We
only hope that this smooth process
is not truncated by enemies of
democracy,’’ Akume said after
voting in Wannune, Tarka Local
Government, Benue.
Tambuwal, who is the APC
candidate for the Sokoto
governorship poll, said he was
happy with the conduct of the
elections in the state.
Tanimu, who voted at the
Nasarawa1polling unit, said the
election had increased the
credibility of INEC and called for
sustenance of the system in
subsequent elections.

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