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The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has called on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), to exclude its staff members that were found guilty of malpractices during the presidential and national assembly elections from participating in the March 11 governorship and State assemblies elections.
The NBA made the call on Wednesday in Abuja in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Akorede Habeeb-Lawal.
The association also urged INEC to fix all bugs or glitches that affected the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines during the presidential and national assembly elections.
It also called on the Inspector-General of Police to ensure the timely deployment of police officers on duty for the March 11 elections, adding that political parties should educate their members and supporters on the need to eschew all forms of actions in violation of the Electoral Act.
The NBA commended Nigerians for their resilience and perseverance in carrying out their civic duties, during the presidential and national assembly elections and urged them to show the same values and resolve in the upcoming governorship and state houses of assembly elections.
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The association further called on INEC to address some major challenges observed during the Feb. 25 presidential and national assembly elections.
“These include the late arrival of INEC officials and ballot materials at the polling stations, malfunctioning BVAS machines, limited or non-transmission of the results from the polling units to the INEC Results Viewing Portal (IReV),” it said.
Other challenges are insecurity at some polling units, violent attacks on voters and officials, voter intimidation, snatching and destruction among others.
The association said that findings from their observers indicated that, only a quarter of the electorate representing 27.1 per cent were impressed with the conduct of the elections.
“The majority of the voters representing 64.6 per cent said they are somewhat satisfied,” it added.
It also said its observers found out that only 8.2 per cent of the electorates rated the election poor or very poor.
