BY Innocent Anaba

LAGOS—A civil society group, International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law, Intersociety, has called on the Federal Government to properly fund the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to conduct free and fair general elections in 2015.
It also called for the conclusion of the proposed national dialogue and amendment of the country’s constitution before the conduct of the 2015 general polls.

Chairman, Board of Trustees of Intersociety, Mr. Emeka Umeagbalasi,  in a statement, in an open letter to the President, said:   “Without prejudice to the planned national conference of whatever name called, the National Assembly,  working on constitutional amendment, should, as a matter of urgency, incorporate into the constitution the rotation of the Presidency among the six geopolitical zones under reference.

“ It should also state clearly on the premise of equity which zone should take the first shot, bearing in mind that South East and North East have not governed Nigeria in recent times.”
“If same is accepted, the arrangement must accommodate the Christians and minorities of Taraba, Adamawa, Bauchi and Gombe States. It is very important to point out that in the rotational arrangement being demanded, there will be a time for each beneficiary zone to ‘cry and smile.’”