The Bayelsa governorship candidate of Democratic People’s Congress (DPC), Mrs Seiyefa Fetepigi Eches, has urged the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to adopt electronic voting system in Bayelsa and Kogi states governorship elections to ensure credibility of the electoral process.
The DPC governorship candidate said the departure from the current system where card readers malfunction and lead to use of compromised incident forms
will ensure that all votes are counted and count in the overall results.
Besides, according to her, it will guide against malpractices, rigging, under-age,over-voting, falsification of results and violence that marred the 2019 general elections.
She also called on political parties and their candidates to imbibe issue-based politics and eschew violence in all its ramifications.
In a press statement issued by Seiyefa in Abuja in commemoration of Nigeria’s 59th independence anniversary, she urged resourceful youth to “remain law abiding and refuse to sell their votes and conscience for a mess of electoral porridge from use-and-dump political buccaneers masquerading as democrats.
“It is time for a change of leadership in Bayelsa state. It is time to liberate our people from the shackles of poverty, deprivation and marginalisation, which the outgoing Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) imposed on the people.”
She listed her 3-point agenda to include modern infrastructure, wealth creation, and youth and women empowerment, which she called her social contract with the people of Bayelsa.
“The need for a breath of fresh air in governance of our dear state cannot be over emphasised. I urge the good people of Bayelsa to vote for a credible, resourceful, visionary and purposeful leader that will transform their lives and destinies.
“Nigerians are a resilient people, industrious, diligent, pragmatic and optimistic that the nation will be great again as the giant of Africa.
“Let us harness all our human and natural resources in building a durable, sustainable, progressive nation future generation will be proud of,” she said.
