Electoral officers may vote in 2015 – Jega

Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission, Prof. Attahiru Jega, on Thursday said electoral officers might vote in the 2015 general elections

A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the INEC Chairman, Mr. Kayode Idowu, quoted  Jega as saying this in response to a question by a member of a group of ‘Young Experts on Get-to-Know ECOWAS’,  who paid him a study visit in Abuja.

The group was led on the visit to INEC by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation.

According to the INEC boss, the proposal to allow electoral officers exercise their franchise is part of measures being put in place to  give the electoral process credibility.

Jega said,  “One of the imperfections of our elections really has been the disenfranchisement of electoral officers.