Falana says 2023 vote destroyed myth of moneybag politics
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
Human rights activist Femi Falana, SAN is elated the presidential and National Assembly (NASS) ballot on February 25 has destroyed a lot of myths on the national political terrain.
He said in spite of the challenges of election, many positives were recorded, including the destruction of the myth of political structure.
Falana argued on Channels Television the people showed in the election that they are the structure.
“There are some positive developments that were recorded. For instance, the myth of these political structures has been destroyed whereby people have shown that we are the structure, and the people are the structure ultimately,” he said.
“Secondly, young people have also shown this time around that we are going to determine the future of our country. Thirdly, you no longer have to be a moneybag to contest elections in Nigeria.
“Another development is that whereas the Senate chamber has been converted to a resting home for former Governors; this time around, many of the Governors lost their seats, they lost in the election and so they won’t be able to go back to the National Assembly.”
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Other positive developments
“The other development is that sitting Governors and sitting President could not win their states for their political parties,” Falana reiterated, per Vanguard reporting.
“So, in spite of the challenges, a number of positive developments have been recorded by our country, and of course, I think the most significant is the use of BVAS for accreditation. It has improved the accreditation of voters.”
Falana lamented the failure of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to upload results to its central server electronically in real-time as they promised, but expressed hope it will address the challenge before the governorship and state Assembly elections on March 18.
He warned after postponing the state elections by one week, Nigerians will not entertain any excuse from the INEC if it repeats the mistake of not uploading results live from polling units.
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