The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has thrown its weight behind the call by the Inter-Party Advisory Council (IPAC) on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to immediately rescind the appointment of Hajiya Amina Zakari as the chairperson of the Committee on National Collation Centre.
The umbrella body of all registered political parties and associations in Nigeria, in a statement issued by its secretary general, Chief Willy Ezugwu urged “the electoral umpire to listen to its own advisory organ like IPAC.
“We are taken aback that an electoral body like INEC, which is supposed to be independent, has carried on as an arm of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) while the ruling party has continued to defend the action as though it was consulted before the appointment was made.
“What is at stake at the moment is not about which administration appointed her into INEC, neither is her competence the issues. What is paramount now is the…
