Tag: Jega

“I regret being a part of Nigeria’s failed system” – Jega

Aminu Imam

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has expressed regret that he was part of a system that failed to produce good leadership in the country. Jega, who was in charge as INEC boss when Buhari emerged as the winner of a controversial 2015 presidential election in the country, said that Nigeria cannot continue to allow bad people to govern or misgovern them anymore. Speaking during the inauguration of a 35-man People’s Redemption Party (PRP) Policy Advisory Committee (PPAC), in Abuja, he said the country…

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Agwai, Onaiyekan, Jega others call for National People’s Conference to address Nigeria’s political structure

Ishaku Yohanna

Some elder statesmen and prominent activists say Nigeria is on autopilot. John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Dr Hakeem Baba Ahmed, Gen. Martin Luther Agwai (rtd.), Prof. Attahiru Jega, Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, Dr Nguyan Shaku Feese, Dr Usman Bugaje, Adagbo Onoja, Amb. Fatima Balla, Ambassador Zango Abdu, Auwal Musa Rafsanjani, Chris Kwaja, Dr Hussaini Abdu, Kemi Okenyodo, Jim Gala, Aisha Muhammed Oyebode and Tsema Yvonne said this in a joint statement They spoke under the auspices of the Nigeria Working Group on Peacebuilding and Governance (NWGPG). They called themselves a group of Nigerian…

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