There Are New Developments To Be Addressed Before Elections - Jega

The Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission
(INEC), Prof. Attahiru Jega, has said that there were `new
developments’ that needed to be addressed before the conduct
of the 2015 general elections.
Jega made the remark on Saturday in Abuja when he and other
officials of the commission met with representatives of the
registered political parties at the commission’s headquarters.
He said that the inputs of the leaders of the political parties
were important in addressing the new developments.
He said that though the commission had its regular meeting
with the political parties last week; it now became necessary
to hold another meeting before the commencement of the 2015
elections.
"The main purpose of this meeting is to update you on the
commission’s preparation for the 2015 elections, draw your
attention to some new developments and get your inputs as to
how the commission should address them."
"This meeting will raise the new developments and get your
inputs as to how the commission should address the
challenges,’’ he said.
In his remark, Dr Yunusa Tanko, the Chairman, Inter-Party
Advisory Council (IPAC), said the council had been advocating
that it should be considered whenever the commission was
taking any decision.
"The council has right from onset been making tremendous
contributions to our democracy."
"But unfortunately, the issues that all of us have been raising
long before now have never been considered or put into
perspective,’’ Tanko said.
He urged the leaders of the political parties who attended the
meeting to put Nigeria first in their responses to the new
developments mentioned by Jega.
The officials of the commission and the representatives of the
registered political parties later went into a closed door
meeting.
Jega is expected to brief newsmen on the decisions reached
during the closed door meeting by 5p.m.