A legal expert, Femi Falana, has opined that the office of the chairman of Independent National Electoral Commission should be advertised for the sake of transparency.
Falana added that those of the Residents Electoral Commissioners should not be appointed through the backdoor to ensure transparency and credibility in the system.
The senior advocate, who is part of a movement for the Electoral and Judicial Reforms that emerged after the Haske Satumari Foundation Annual Colloquium, insisted that if a credible person emerges as INEC chairman through an open process, it will go a long way in the nation’s election credibility, according to Leadership.
“In appointing INEC chairman and Residents Electoral Commissioners, the position should be advertised.
“The best three names should be sent to the Senate for screening before announcement,” Falana said.
Falana who said their interest is to ensure that Nigeria gets the best when it comes to election, urged the country to ensure that the Justice Uwais panel report on election should be fully adopted.
“We must go back to the Uwais panel report,” Falana said.
Speaking, the founder of Haske Satumari Foundation, Hon Kudla Satumari, said they are working to ensure that both the electoral act and the constitution provided for full transmission of election results electronically.
“We want electronic transmission of election results to be fully adopted,” Kudla said, adding that the non-transmission of election results electronically has denied many people victory.