Contractors of INEC in Trouble

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said that entrepreneurs in violation of contractual obligations to the voters, which led to the postponement of the elections last Saturday of National Assembly,would pay for their failures.
Press Secretary of the Board, Robert Kayode Idowu confirmed, as the contract had been violated, "the contractors have to pay for the period. Just do not want to show to the media. But I can assure you that apply sanctions. raid to be executed. " The revelation came as the board of the INEC had a meeting yesterday, a strategy for the marathon on Saturday postponed the election to develop the National Assembly, the Commission has promised once again that everything was set for the elections.
The details of the discussions at the meeting showed the committee a formal report of the contractor, not the timing equipment necessary for the security officers for appropriate penalties for breach of contract and contractual terms of the agreement. The head of INEC met, who told the meeting that he had no intention of passing the buck, what happened, but a strategy to define to make a success of the elections and make work the need to program available to everyone for the shame of the Nigerians in the electoral balance does not last Saturday. He explained that the public deserves to know the debtors and their identity will be revealed in due course.
The meeting of the Board sat all secretaries of the Commission of the national commissioners of the INEC chairman, Professor Attahiru Jega, intermittent, when he became a storm after disagreements about how to ensure that does not spoil the election again. close at one point, sources of the meeting showed that Jega had to beg the commissioners to treat and to ensure the tasks assigned to them, that the Commission also escaped on Saturday. Chairman of the Committee announced on Sunday after his failed attempt last Saturday to postpone the elections three feet by Saturday, April 9th ​​in the National Assembly, the presidential elections of 16 April and elections meetings and the 26th Governor of State April.
In addition, a special meeting with residents of the 37 electoral commissioners (REC) at the headquarters of the Committee, today (Tuesday) on the willingness of the election postponed and what roles they expect the Commission confirmed yesterday. Interestingly, the Commission, it did everything humanly possible to be caused by the elections last Saturday, but coupling of the late arrival of materials is an essential act of God. The election did not have cost the committee about N4 billion in logistics, supply and delivery of over 400,000 employees and ad-hoc, composed mainly of members of the National Youth Service Corps. However, the Commission planned to seek more money from the federal government.
INEC so far received over N100 million € for the registration of voters and elections In his response, would INEC Director of Public Affairs, Emmanuel Iorwiese Umenger not cover the cost of the elections postponed INEC comment and said that no sacrifice was too much. He said: "We are the wave of protest that we move forward and do everything to get into good choice at any price not bring in the best interest of the country INEC not ask for more money were overwhelmed ..."
If the election not described as an act of God Umenger, otherwise the development did not occur. "What happened is an act of God. Japan, with all that technologically challenging, they did not have against what the tsunami, but now that were off the record caught cold. We had planned a plan B, but it does not works. It was sabotage, an act of God. "

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