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Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has called for the withdrawal of Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as a commissioner of the electoral body.<\/p>\n

In an interview on Channels Television, Jega who presided over the election that brought in President Buhari said the controversy trailing Onochie’s nomination should have been avoided.<\/p>\n

He called on the lawmakers to apply the laws regarding the issue, in order to avoid a situation whereby elections she participates in may be viewed as being bias.<\/p>\n

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Jega said;<\/p>

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\u201cThis kind of controversy is really avoidable. Any person who generated such a controversy, the appointing authorities should be careful because you don\u2019t want to appoint anybody that can raise suspicions or doubts or can lead to a loss of trust of the electoral management body.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry to say that from some of the documents that I have been privileged to see, both about her British citizens and the very active participation in a political party up until 2019, you will try to avoid appointing such people into an electoral commission \u2014 because it can generate controversy.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest, the president can also withdraw that nomination. After all, there are so many women with credibility, with capacity, competence in both Delta and across Rivers, so why bring someone that can generate controversy and raise suspicions about the intention of the appointment.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has called for the withdrawal of Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as a commissioner of the electoral body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":50466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,624],"tags":[8835,8836],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-50465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-news","category-politics","tag-attahiru-jega","tag-president-mohammadu-buhari"],"yoast_head":"\nAvoid Controversy - Jega Advises Buhari To Withdraw Onochie\u2019s Nomination As An INEC Commissioner - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attahiru Jega has called for the withdraw\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/avoid-controversy-jega-advises-buhari-to-withdraw-onochies-nomination-as-an-inec-commissioner\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Avoid Controversy - 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