Saturday, 18 July 2015

Attahiru Jega nominated for 2015 Charles T. Mannat Democracy award

Prof.Attahiru Jega,the immediate past Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC,  has been nominated as one of the winners of 2015 edition of the Charles T. Mannat Democracy award.
The award will be presented to Prof.Jega and other awardees on September in in Washington D.C.by the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, IFES, based in the United States of America.

“Chairman Jega’s leadership was instrumental to Nigeria’s successful general elections in 2015,”
“He deserves full credit for his efforts to increase the credibility and transparency of the electoral process under extreme logistical challenges, such as terrorist threats from Boko Haram, where failure could prove the catalyst for predicted election violence.”said IFES President and CEO, Bill Sweeney.

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