By Jimitota Onoyume

PORT HARCOURT— Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to ensure that it delivers credible elections to Nigerians.

Amaechi, who spoke yesterday, when he played host to the Rivers State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dame Gecila Khan and other principal officers of the commission in the state, said that the electoral body should shun every temptation to indulge in acts of rigging.

Pledging to support the commission in areas of need, the governor said Nigerians want transparent elections on March 28 and April 11 this year.

Rivers State Governor Rt. Hon. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi plaiting the hair of a woman as he convinces her to vote for the All Progressives Congress(APC) during his door to door campaign in Bonny Island, Rivers State, Wednesday.

He said: “The history of Nigeria will not be complete without INEC. The history can be positive or negative, but, it depends if officials of INEC like you are ready to write your name in gold in the book of history. We don’t want rigging and writing of election results. Many politicians, I hear, are buying Permanent Voters Cards, PVCs. That is why Nigerians are asking for change, because, Nigerians are looking up to INEC to ensure impartiality and transparent electoral process on March 28, 2015.

“Remember, those who try to stop change are usually consumed by change itself. All what Nigerians are asking for is a transparent process, especially, if the card readers you introduce will work without manipulation, it means, you are beginning to transform the process to allow Nigerians choose their leaders without rigging.

“Nigerians are yearning for good leadership and your responsibility is to promote that good leadership, because, everybody will account for his or her actions. There is hunger and poverty on the streets and we cannot allow politicians to continue to cart away what belongs to our people.

“We are calling on INEC to allow us to choose our leaders, and I am sure, if INEC succeeds, we will choose good leaders.”