IPAC Secretary and Lagos State Chairperson of the Action People’s Party, Abiola Adeyemi, congratulated Amupitan while speaking with journalists in Lagos, urging the new INEC chairman to enhance the integrity of elections and build confidence in the electoral system.

According to her, Nigerians are disenchanted with the electoral process, hence the recurrent voter apathy during elections.

Adeyemi said: “We expect the newly appointed INEC Chairman, Prof. Joash Amupitan champion and strengthen electoral reforms. Let the process be transparent and let election results reflect the will of the people.

“The biggest task before him is the restoration of public confidence in the electoral process, because this is long gone.

The IPAC scribe also advised the new INEC boss to leverage innovations, like the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System and others, to eliminate all manipulative tendencies in elections.

She said that the electoral reforms that would make Nigerians aspire, contest and vote without intimidation were needed to bring back public confidence.

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Adeyemi urged the new INEC helmsman to find a way of addressing the nagging problem of vote buying and selling during elections.

Amupitan’s appointment followed the tenure expiration of Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who had led the nation’s electoral body for a statutory two-term tenure of five years each since November 2015.

Source: Punch