A coalition of Civil Society Organisation under the umbrella of Saving Our Vote has urged the Senate to reject the nomination of partisan and unqualified persons as Resident Electoral Commissioners of the Independent National Electoral Commission by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Buhari had in his letter to the Senate nominated 19 persons as RECs in line with the provisions of Section 154 (1) of the 1999 Constitution Nigeria (as amended).
While five out of the 19 were reappointed; out of 14 other nominees, four were card-carrying members of political parties that would be taking part in the 2023 polls.
Reading the communique after a roundtable discussion during a press conference in Abuja, the coalition frowned at the nomination of partisan persons as RECs.
Addressing the press on behalf of the coalition, Stafford Bisong said the Senate should resist attempts to undermine INEC.
The coalition also said there was a need to sanitize the Judiciary to reduce the number of upturned and re-run elections emanating from the influence of politicians.
