FORMER Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  Prof. Atahiru Jega, yesterday at the 40th anniversary of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, in Abuja, said the immediate past governor of Edo State, Mr Adams Oshiomhole, has proved that labour leaders can be trusted when they are bestowed with the opportunity of governance.

Prof. Attahiru Jega, Former Chairman, Independence National Electoral Commission (INEC) has urged the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the working class to intensify participation in politics and governance.

Prof. Attahiru Jega, former Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on Thursday said politicians were the greatest threat to Nigeria’s democracy.

 Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Friday said Nigeria’s democracy was not delivering dividends to the people due to politicians autocracy.

Former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Attahiru Jega, has advocated fundamental reforms to resolve the historic narrative of poor governance in the country including restructuring, resource control and a review of the revenue allocation formula.

There was a plot to abduct the former Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, in the thick of the announcement of the results of the 2015 presidential poll, a new book has revealed.

KANO—Former chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said the national electoral body would be better off, if the President was not directly involved in the appointment of its head.

Barr. Mike Igini is a former Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Edo and Cross River States. In this interview, he expresses shock over the judgments of the Supreme Court on the card reader and warns that the verdicts could spell doom for the nation’s electoral process.

Nigerians, both at home and in Diaspora and, indeed, many foreign election observers, who monitored the recent elections conducted in Kogi and Bayelsa states, are perturbed and left wondering whether it is the same Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that received worldwide commendation over the 2015 general elections that conducted the two inconclusive polls.

Attahiru Jega, erstwhile Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and Professor of Political Science, who played an outstanding role in the success of the 2015 elections and veteran broadcaster, Bimbo Oloyede, will be honoured with the Anti-Corruption Defender Award and the Lifetime Award for Journalistic Excellence, respectively, at the decade anniversary of the Wole Soyinka Award for Investigative Reporting, scheduled for Wednesday 9 December, 2015 by 5pm at the MUSON Centre, Onikan, Lagos.