Card Readers Are Going To Stay - Jega Tells Senators

 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega today revealed that the commission won’t be repealing the decision to use Card Readers for this year’s polls.

Jega revealed this as he appeared in front of 109 senators over the postponement of the 2015 elections for six weeks.

The INEC chief said that his commission did not go outside of the law with the introductions of these card readers.

He cited section 52 (2) of the electoral law only deals with voting and prohibits the use of electronic voting machines.

He said that most indigines of Adamawa, Yobe and Borno state got their PVCs in time because Adamawa and Yobe states were the pilot states, where they began to give out cards across the country.

As of the issue of PVC’s being stolen, Jega said: “anybody who buys or steals PVCs cannot use it for election and it is therefore useless to do so.” 

He also revealed that over 3000 PVC’s were stollen in Ebonyi state.

He also revealed that there won’t be any more postponement because that would be unconstitutional as the time limit provided by law will elapse in April.

Jega was summoned yesterday by the Senate after senate leader Victor Ndoma-Egba alleged that the use of card readers violate the electoral law