Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State, on Monday said there are bad eggs in the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Soludo, however, declared that INEC has done well with the use of BVAS and IREv in previous elections across the country.
Speaking during a panel discussion in Abuja on the topic, ‘Innovation in electoral technology 2015-2025’, Soludo expressed his acceptance for technology.
He said: “For me, actually, it’s my fortune that I am sitting on this panel because Anambra happened to have been the first state where INEC, under the leadership of Professor Mahmoud Yakubu, implemented on a statewide basis with BVAS, IReV and so on and so forth.
“And it’s also going to be the last one, a statewide election that will be conducted under his tenure.
“And let me be clear, I believe in technology and I believe that INEC has done relatively well. It’s still a work in progress, as we saw from those perceptions and those numbers about what people think. But it’s done. INEC doesn’t, in my view, receive enough credit for what it’s done.
“I happen to have been part of this whole conversation and even the operations, particularly in 2007.
“As Governor of the Central Bank, I knew what happened with the printing of ballot papers and the conduct of elections in 2007.
“And to see where we are today with INEC under Professor Yakubu, we must give INEC some credit. It still has some, a few bad eggs, but a lot of the people there, good people, have delivered great results.
“But that’s very important because history matters. When we think about these things, we must bring context to where we are coming from.”
