All Progressives Congress has charged the Independent National Electoral Commission on the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards in all the states of the federation saying the commission should double its efforts and also make sure that the elections hold on14th and 28th of February because excuses will not be tolerated.
A chieftain of the APC, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmed while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Tuesday said “First of all, we want INEC to make a statement, a very clear statement that the dates 14 and 28 are sancrosant. No one should interfere with the conduct of the election On the 14 and 28 of February.
“We want INEC to double its efforts to make sure that all voters get their PVCs before the elections. We want INEC to improve on voter education. And I hope other parties will also do the same thing.
“On the whole, we feel that INEC is doing its best and we encourage and support them. On ensuring that the election holds, he said: “This election must go on, there is no going back on these elections. This election must hold on the 14th and 28th of February. We will not tolerate any excuses.”
He added that he party is ready to support INEC in resolving its challenges.
He said “All we can see is that INEC is committed to conducting this election as scheduled, they understand that they have some challenges and we want to partner with them, to see if we can partner with them in resolving some of these challenges.
“We will continue to work with them, we want them to be open. We would want them to take us into confidence so that we know some of the limitations they have so that our party can help.
“We have a stake in this election, so we don’t want to see it entirely as INEC’s problem alone. We want to see it as a national problem and that is why we came here to offer our assistance and cooperation with INEC.
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