INEC officials with ballots paperPhoto: Idowu Ogunleye
Voting in Nigeria’s general election was broadly credible despite widespread logistical challenges, domestic and foreign observers said in preliminary findings released on Monday.
Nigeria’s Transition Monitoring Group (TMG), set up in the late 1990s to coincide with the end of military rule, said Saturday’s election “afforded Nigerians a credible opportunity to exercise their right to vote”.
“Late delivery of materials, a slow accreditation process and the inability of card readers to consistently validate voter’s fingerprints posed some challenges,” TMG said in a preliminary report based on findings from 1,500 polling stations monitored.
But it added: “These issues …Read More
Source:: PM Newspaper
