INEC’s Handling Of Anambra Poll Laudable, Says OOPF

**Tasks Commission On Improved Polls In Ekiti, Osun

The Oriental Online Publishers Forum (OOPF) has given kudos to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for conducting a free, fair and conclusive poll at the just concluded Anambra election.

The OOPF said at the election which held on November 18, INEC instilled in Nigerians confidence in the electoral body’s ability to administer decent polls.

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In a statement signed by its chairman and secretary, Max Amuchie and Chris Ndiribe, the OOPF equally hailed the people of Anambra for coming out en masse to vote peacefully.

The statement partly reads:

“Oriental Online Publishers Forum wishes to commend the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for successfully conducting a free and fair governorship election in Anambra State last weekend.

“It is also noteworthy that the electoral umpire carried out the poll conclusively without giving room for unnecessary waste of time and scarce resources.

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“However, the commission needs to address the nightmare of logistical hiccups which hampered its operations in some parts of the state.

“This has become necessary as the next step INEC must take if its evolution to becoming a highly efficient, transparent and reliable public institution is to be realised.

“The electoral body should take those steps as a way of boosting citizens’ confidence in the electoral system. If that is done minor hitches which occurred in Anambra will have become things of the past by the time the next round of governorship elections are conducted in Ekiti and Osun States.

“INEC’s performance in these two outstanding gubernatorial polls would indeed serve as the last of the litmus tests before the 2019 general election.”

The OOPF further commended security agencies for ensuring the peaceful conduct voting exercise at the poll.

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